Surface Properties of Advanced Materials and Their Applications in Ballistics

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dc.contributorLiang, Hong
dc.creatorYun, Huisung
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-16T19:54:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-07T20:05:05Z
dc.date.available2013-12-16T19:54:43Z
dc.date.available2017-04-07T20:05:05Z
dc.date.created2010-08
dc.date.issued2010-07-23
dc.description.abstractThis thesis research investigates the surface properties and performances of gold nanoparticles, microarc oxidation coating, and epitaxial nano-twinned copper film. The research aims to understand the critical behavior of material surfaces in order to facilitate design and development of new materials for tribological applications. The research will focus on improving of the gun barrel performances. Experimental approaches will be used for combining analysis with basic thermal energy transfer principles. Results obtained here will be used for developing new materials to be used in facilitating gun barrels. Experimental approach includes scanning calorimetry-thremogravimetric analysis, tribological testing, and potentiodynamic polarization. The fundamental understanding obtained here will be beneficial for the gun barrel design, manufacturing, and military technologies followed by the results of experiments with different three types of materials. The results of this research showed that the coatings with microarc oxidation and nano-twinned structure improved wear resistance from the tribological examinations and size of AuNPs affected their thermal behaviors measured by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis method.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8400
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/150926
dc.subjectgold nanoparticle
dc.subjectmicroarc oxidation coating
dc.subjectnano-twinned copper film
dc.subjectsurface properties
dc.subjecttribology
dc.subjectballistics
dc.titleSurface Properties of Advanced Materials and Their Applications in Ballistics
dc.typeThesis

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