Nowadays, the research for new materials and solutions to reduce wear, corrosion and fatigue is vital to minimize, for instances, energy consumption.
This symposium covers all aspects of degradation of metallic, ceramic, polymeric and composite materials, together with the characterization techniques needed to understand degradation phenomena. Solutions to increase the life span of materials submitted to degradation and corrosion, tribological fundaments, tribocorrosion, tribotesting (micro and nano scale), tribomaterials and in-situ tribology are also included.
We welcome contributions to improve scientific and mechanistic understanding of the degradation of materials, characterization tools and solutions to avoid or reduce degradation.