Yu. V. Kornev

Theoretical and experimental study of the mechanical properties of bicomponent metal vapor deposited coatings

The mechanical properties of wear-resistant bicomponent In and Al coatings have been studied. It has been shown that two-layer coatings are characterized by plastic deformation, and a bicomponent coating is deformed elastically.

Modeling friction of tribological composite coatings

The paper reports the results of the indentation of Ni-P coatings on substrates made of various materials and the results of the calculation of their elastic modulus. The results of the tribological study of coatings of different thicknesses are presented. The obtained values of the elastic modulus and friction coefficient are used to determine the stress state of the Ni-P coatings during friction.

Elastoplastic Deformation of a Roughness Element

The problem of using the mechanical properties determined in a macroexperiment in contact models for micron-sized roughness elements is considered. For a sample of commercial-purity AD1 aluminum, the penetration depths of an indenter into a rough surface element that are determined in a physical experiment and in a three-dimensional finite element simulation are compared. It is found that, with allowance for certain assumptions, the application of the properties determined in a macroexperiment requires their correction to take into account the cold work hardening of the surface layer in the sample material and the size effect.

Study of nanostructures on a solar cell surface exposed on the Mir orbital station

It is shown that atomic-force microscopy under normal conditions makes it possible to obtain important information on the topography and features of nanostructures formed on the surface of cover glasses of solar cells exposed on the Mir orbital station for more than ten years. It is found that the nanostructures are multiscale; they are present on all vertical visualization scales from ∼1000 to ∼17 nm and on horizontal scales from ∼1000 to ∼100 nm. The nanoindentation study of mechanical properties of the exposed surface layer shows that the exposed surface at nanodepths is characterized by higher plastic deformation, but lower hardness and effective modulus, in comparison with unexposed surface.