Wear Has Traditionally Contained Author Indexes and Contents Lists at the End of Each Year

Wear has traditionally contained author indexes and contents lists at the end of each year. Useful though these are, we believe that they would be enhanced by the addition of indexes compiled from keywords associated with each paper. This would allow readers to identify groups of papers in similar areas.

In an electronic environment, the need for a uniform keyword system is particularly important to facilitate effective information search and retrieval. To ensure a consistent approach we have prepared a list of preferred keywords for use. This list is not exhaustive and should be used as a guideline. If you feel there are serious omissions please do not hesitate to contact the Editor-in-Chief or Publisher to ensure that new terms are added.

Sliding Materials Sliding wear Steel Lubricated wear including scuffing Cast iron Sliding friction, traction Non-ferrous metals Stick-slip Intermetallics Galling Polymers Diamond, ultra-hard materials Abrasion Engineering ceramics Three-body abrasion Cermets Two-body abrasion Traditional (clay-based) ceramics Micro-scale abrasion Concrete, cement Polymer-matrix composite Fretting Metal-matrix composite Ceramic-matrix composite Impact wear Carbon, graphite Solid lubricants Rolling Brake/clutch materials Rolling contact fatigue Geological materials Rolling friction Other materials Rolling-sliding Surface engineering Erosion Carbon-based coatings (inc. DLC) Solid particle erosion PVD coatings Liquid impact erosion CVD coatings Slurry erosion Ion implantation Abrasive jet cutting Diffusion treatments Cavitation erosion Thermal spray coatings Hardfacing Laser processing Physics and mechanics of materials and Solid lubricant coatings contact Other surface engineering processes Contact mechanics Solid mechanics Electrical contacts Chemical aspects Fracture Corrosion-wear Fatigue Electrochemistry Hardness Biological aspects Residual stress Lubricant additives Thermal effects Boundary lubrication Impact Tribochemistry Surface topography Gas atmosphere Particle shape Tribophysics Applications Techniques and methods Internal combustion engines Optical microscopy Brakes/clutches Electron microscopy Gears Acoustic microscopy Bearings Profilometry Seals AFM Electrical contacts Surface analysis Rail-wheel tribology Acoustic emission Power generation Wear testing Magnetic recording Scratch testing Chemical mechanical polishing Ferrography Bio-tribology, joint prostheses Erosion testing High temperature Indentation Low temperature, cryotribology Nanoindentation High vacuum, space Nanotribology Cutting tools Molecular dynamics Sheet rolling Finite element modelling Other manufacturing processes Expert systems Mining, mineral processing Mapping Wear modelling