Research

Erosion/corrosion resistance/mechanisms of superalloys and their coatings’ improvement in metal-on-metal bearings for orthopedic implants high-temperature tribological behavior and mechanisms of superalloys carbon fi bre reinforced stellite alloy composites.

Application

Design, development and characterization of new materials for high-temperature and severe wear/corrosion operation environments such as mechanical, oil, chemical, automotive and aerospace industries.

Activities

• Lead Guest Editor for Special Issue “High-and Superhigh-temperature Tribological Behavior of Tribological Materials and Coatings” of the journal Advances in Tribology
• A member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Composites Engineering

Journal Articles

A. Khoddamzadeh, R. Liu and X. J. Wu (2009), “Novel polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) composites with newly developed Tribaloy alloy additive for sliding bearings,” Wear 266: 646-657.

A. P. Buang, R. Liu, X. J. Wu and M. X. Yao (2008), “Cracking analysis of HVOF coatings under Vickers indentation,” Journal of Coatings Technology and Research 5(4): 513-534 .

A. Tavakoli, R. Liu and X. J. Wu (2008), “Improved mechanical and tribological properties of tin‑bronze journal bearing materials with newly developed Tribaloy alloy additive,” Materials Science and Engineering A 489: 389-402.

J. Zhao, R. Liu, T. Zhang, and X.B. Wang (2008), “Application of an improved shell theory to determination of stress intensity factor for a pressurized cylinder containing an axial crack,” Journal of Computational and Applied Mechanics 9(1): 3-20.

J. Zhao, R. Liu, and X.J. Wu (2008), “Effects of partial crack-face contact for the bending of thin shell structures,” Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 49: 128-150.