Friction and Wear of Metals

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable development, circular economy, and resource efficiency are all key elements for the global strive toward a sustainable world. Development of new technologies and engineering applications are the prerequisites to enable the transition to a sustainable society. New technologies and engineering applications increase demands on new products and processes focusing on higher energy efficiency, longer service life, and higher power density. In any moving machine assembly, this will translate into harsh operating conditions affecting frictional losses and durability of the materials. In most technological applications, the dominating engineering materials are metal alloys. Most of these materials possess, e.g., high mechanical and thermal properties, easy shaping for efficient production, and recyclability. Understanding the friction and wear mechanisms and characterizing the tribological performance are essential factors in the development and implementation of new metallic materials with improved performance for future sustainable technology.

Potential topics for this Special Issue on friction and wear of metals include but are not limited to the following:

• Tribology of novel metallic materials, including new manufacturing methods (additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy, etc.);
• Tribology of metals for electrification;
• High-temperature tribology of metals;
• Wear and friction in harsh environment (corrosive, vacuum, etc.);
• Wear protection by surface engineering and coatings;
• Novel sustainable lubrication.

Prof. Dr. Pavel Krakhmalev
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jens Hardell
Guest Editors

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