Aerospace wear and corrosion‐resistant coatings — a perspective

Discusses the need to combat wear and corrosion, and to analyse wear types with regard to weight, longer working life, demands on performance, etc. Provides details of various surface coatings and debates their properties. Examines several R&D programmes on new‐generation coatings. Concludes that surface‐coating engineers should be part of the design team in the manufacturing process.