Towards a composite exhaust system: Investigation of the flow, thermal and wear resistance of an insulating, ceramic fibrous liner of combustion engine exhaust ducts and their influence on the design space

The current concerns regarding global warming and climate change in Europe and other parts of the world also influence developments in the automotive sector. Not only are alternative energy and power sources making their advent, but greenhouse gas emission reduction has also become a major factor in the development of vehicles with combustion...

Switch Panel Structural Performance (SP2)

Materials aspects of hydro-abrasive wear in the dredging industry

A better understanding of the wear mechanism of materials is essential to selecting suitable materials to prolong service time and reduce costs. Wear resistance is not an intrinsic material property but a response to a system including multiples parameters determined by the material, the counter body, the load condition, and the environment....

Surface wear reduction of bulk solids handling equipment using bionic design

Bulk solids handling continues to play an important role in a number of industries. One of the issues during bulk solids handling processes is equipment surface wear. Wear results in high economic loss and increases downtime. Current wear reduction methods such as optimizing transfer conditions or using wear-resistant materials, have brought...

The Effect of Microstructure on the Abrasion Resistance of Low Alloyed Steels

The thesis attempts to develop advanced high abrasion resistant steels with low hardness in combination with good toughness, processability and low alloying additions. For this purpose, a novel multi-pass dual-indenter (MPDI) scratch test approach has been developed to approach the real continuous abrasion process and unravel abrasion damage...

Wear and Friction in a Controllable Pitch Propeller

The author is a naval architect and this book is his PhD thesis. In this research the author focuses on friction in a controllable pitch propeller (CPP), formation of wear in a CPP system, and their mutual dependence. Instead of going deeply only in tribology aspects, the author tries to get an overall description of the problem incorporating...

Design aspects of multiple driven belt conveyors

Worldwide belt conveyors are used to transport a great variety of bulk solid materials. The desire to carry higher tonnages over longer distances and more diverse routes, while keeping exploitation costs as low as possible, has fuelled many technological advances. An interesting development in the recent past is the distribution of drive power...

Wheel-rail rolling contact and its application to wear simulation

Friction and wear of al-based MMCs under conditions of oscillatory relative motion.