Tribology and Wear of Materials. Mechanics, Testing, and Computational Modeling

Table of Contents

1. Fundamentals of Surface Interactions
2. Wear Modes, Mechanisms, Testing, and Characterization
3. Wear Behavior of Engineering Materials
4. Surface Engineering for Wear Protection
5. Computational Wear Modeling

Authors

Dongyang Li Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Li is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta. His research interests include tribo-materials, surfaces and interfaces, nano-materials, and computational materials science. He obtained a BSc in Solid Mechanics from University of Science and Technology China, a PhD in Materials Physics from University of Science and Technology Beijing, and a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from McGill University. Before joining University of Alberta in 1998, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Pennsylvania State University. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at University of Alberta, a visiting professor at several universities during his sabbatical years, and serves as a foreign doctoral advisor at the Harbin Institute of Technology. He is on the editorial board of 14 technical journals, has published over 300 refereed publications and has contributed to a number of books.