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Tribology for engineers discusses recent research and applications of principles of friction, wear and lubrication, and provides the fundamentals and advances in tribology for… Read more
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Preface
List of figures
List of tables
About the contributors
Chapter 1: Surface topography
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Characteristics of surface layers
1.3 Roughness parameters
1.4 Statistical aspects
1.5 Multiscale characterization of surface topography
1.6 Surface roughness measurement
1.7 Advanced techniques for surface topography evaluation
1.8 Summary
Chapter 2: Friction and wear
Abstract:
2.1 Friction
2.2 Wear
Chapter 3: Lubrication and roughness
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Lubricants
3.3 Regimes of lubrication
3.4 Reynolds’ equation
3.5 Applications of hydrodynamic lubrication theory
3.6 Hydrodynamic lubrication of roughened surfaces
3.7 Nomenclature
3.8 Subscripts
3.9 Acknowledgement
Chapter 4: Micro/nano tribology
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Experimental investigation
4.3 Theoretical investigation
4.4 Summary
4.5 Note
Chapter 5: Tribology in manufacturing
Abstract:
5.1 Friction in manufacturing
5.2 Lubrication to control friction in manufacturing
5.3 Solid lubrication
5.4 Tribology of rolling
5.5 Tribology of drawing
5.6 Tribology of extrusion
5.7 Tribology of forging
5.8 Tribology of sheet metalworking
5.9 Conclusions
Chapter 6: Bio and medical tribology
Abstract:
6.1 Bio-tribology
6.2 Basic concepts of anatomy and physiology of hip and knee joints
6.3 Brief history of hip and knee prostheses
6.4 Biomaterials used in hip and knee prostheses
6.5 Wear of biomaterials
6.6 Wear evaluation
6.7 Biological effects of wear
6.8 Acknowledgements
Index
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J. Paulo Davim is a full professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is also distinguished as an honorary professor in several universities and colleges in China, India, and Spain. He is the series editor of Elsevier’s Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical Engineering Series.
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