Surface treatment and tribology

Know the different material processing techniques used industrially
Know how to determine the choice of technique according to the needs of the manufacturer
Understand and study the tribological properties of a material

Materials characterization techniques (structural, microstructural and mechanical)

General information on surfaces

Definition of a thin film
Formation of a thin film
Constraints
Classification of deposition techniques
Fields of application
Choosing a deposition technique

Physical deposition processes

Evaporation
Sputtering sputtering
Ion implantation
Electroplating
Thermal spraying

Chemical processes

CVD
PCVD
Immersion processes

Examples of surface treatment applications - tribological property studies study of tribological properties

Theory

Mechanics of Hertzian contact
Laws of friction
Tribological modeling of surfaces
Wear analysis
Lubricants

Applications

Physics

Le vide, Les couches minces Les couches dures, A. Richard, A.M. Durand, Ed. In Fine (1994)
Handbook of thin film deposition processes and techniques, Klaus K. Schuegraf, Noyes Publications (1988)
F friction, wear and lubrication - La tribologie ou science des surfaces, J.M. Georges, CNRS et Eyrollres (2000)
Matériaux et contacts, une approche tribologique, G. Zambelli, L. Vinvent - Presses polytech. et univ. romandes (1998)