Aerospace Tribology

Dear Colleagues,

Tribological components, mainly including bearings, seals, and blade tenon joints, play a crucial role in determining the reliability and service life of aerospace equipment, which have received broad attention from the engineering and academic communities. Due to the extreme working conditions in aerospace systems, such as high temperature, cryogenic environments, high speed, and heavy loads, it is very challenging to conduct aerospace tribological investigations and develop high-performance components. In recent years, surface texturing, special coatings, new frictional materials, and other advanced tribological techniques have been adopted in this field and achieved significant progresses.

This Special Issue aims to share the advances in tribological behaviors under typical extreme situations, high-performance aerospace tribological components, advanced tribometers for studying aerospace components, and other novel aspects in the field of Aerospace Tribology. It covers typical tribological components in aerospace equipment, materials, coatings, surface engineering, and tribological devices. Both experimental and theoretical investigations are highly welcome.

Dr. Jimin Xu
Dr. Yulei Yang
Guest Editors

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