Engineering Materials and Tribology -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Advanced Materials and Technologies -- The Production of High Density Cast Iron Tubes by Horizontally Continuous Casting -- Development of TiB2-Based Cermets with Fe-Mo Binder -- Mechanical Properties of Kaolin during Heating -- Reactive Sintering of ZrC-TiC Composites -- Incorporation of Magnesium Ions into Synthetic Hydroxyapatite: Synthesis and Characterization -- Preparation of TiB2-TiN and TiN-B Powders and their Processing -- Processing and Characterization of Porous Silica-Ag-Nanoparticle Composites Produced by Pulsed Electric Current Sintering -- Structure and Properties of Recycled Aromatic Thermoplastic Polyester Nanocomposites -- Densification and Microstructure Development in Zirconia Toughened Hardmetals -- Influence of Pressurized Sintering on Performance of TiC-Based Cermets -- Synthesis of ZrC-TiC Blend by Novel Combination of Sol-Gel Method and Carbothermal Reduction -- Critical Radius in the Effect of Transformation Toughening of Zirconia Doped Ceramics and Cermets -- Chapter 2: Coatings and Surface Engineering -- The Rolling Contact Fatigue of PVD Coated Spur Gears -- Influence of Surface Morphology on the Tribological Behavior of Diamond-Like Carbon Coating -- Friction of Thin Electroless NiP and NiP-SiO2 Coatings on Aluminium Alloy Substrate -- Chapter 3: Materials Characterization -- Mechanical Properties of Alumina Based Nanocomposites -- Peculiarities of Fatigue Fracture of Steel Hardened by Various Surface Treatments -- Thermal Stability of PECS-Compacted Cu-Composites -- Surface Fatigue of Al-Metal Matrix Composites at Impact Loading -- Investigation of Residual Stresses and some Elastic Properties of Brush-Plated Gold and Silver Galvanic Coatings -- Experimental Analysis of Steel Plasticity Parameters during Quenching.

Effect of New Superhard Phases Formation on Properties of Composite Processed by SHS -- Recycling of Al-W-B Composite Material -- Characterization of Mechanical Milling Cermet Powders Produced by Disintegrator Technology -- Investigation of TiO2 Ceramic Surface Conductivity Using Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy -- Dynamic Compression Behavior and Numerical Modeling of Ti-6246 Alloy at Different Temperatures -- Chapter 4: Tribology -- Wear Estimation Using 3D Surface Roughness Parameters -- The Analysis of Abrasive Wear of the Helical Grooved Journal Bearing -- Wear Behaviour of Recycled Hard Particle Reinforced NiCrBSi Hardfacings Deposited by Plasma Transferred Arc (PTA) Process -- Abrasive Wear Resistance of Recycled Hardmetal Reinforced Thick Coating -- Tribological Parameters of Copper-Alumina Composite -- UV or AO Irradiation Effects on the Tribological Properties of the Talc/GF/PI Composites -- Tribological Behavior of Bronze Alloys with Solid Lubricants -- Effects of Strain and Strain Rate on the Abrasive Wear Behavior of High Manganese Austenitic Steel -- The Study of the Tribological Properties of One-Process and Two-Process Textures after Vapour Blasting and Lapping Using Pin-on-Disc Tests -- Impact and Sliding Wear Properties of Single Layer, Multilayer and Nanocomposite Physical Vapour Deposited (PVD) Coatings on the Plasma Nitrided Low-Alloy 42CrMo4 Steel -- Development and Testing of Materials with Reduced Wear by Fixed Abrasive -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.