...Zhanqi Tang; Hongxiang Mu; Yanni He; Dawei Gao; Tianxia Liu Purpose Machinery operating in a sand-dust environment is more susceptible to sand particles. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of sand particle deposition rate, surface hardness and normal load on the tribological...

... decreased fatigue and tensile strengths together with notch‐impact toughness. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy analysis revealed formation of nitrides on the sample surfaces. Surface hardness increased with an increase in process time due to diffusion of nitrogen during...