Deposition of anti-stick coatings to prevent hydrocarbon buildup on truck engines

Document Type : Research Note

Author

• M. Awais

Department of Industrial Engineering, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Keywords

• PVD coatings
• fuel efficiency
• anti-stick
• thermal analysis
• performance ranking

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