Terotechnology

The volume presents advances in materials research and technology in the area of terotechnology, i.e. the technology of installation, maintenance, replacement and removal of plant machinery and equipment, reliability analysis, technical diagnostics, tribology and technical safety.  Specific topics include Cavitation Erosion, Simulation of Particle Erosion, Mechanically-assisted Laser Forming, Laser Machining of Tool Steels, Titanium Carbonitride Coatings, Causes of Cracks in Thermit Welds, Diamond-Like Coatings on Titanium, Reinforcement of Concrete, Fatigue Strength of Construction Elements, Modeling of Mining Support Structures, Surface Treatments of Sintered Stainless Steel, Thermal Welding, Joints of Nickel-Based Superalloys, Robotic Laser Cleaning of Materials, Tribological Properties of Laser-processed ESD Coatings, Laser-modified WC-Cu Electro-Spark Coatings, anti-Graffiti Coating Systems.