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Fracture Physics and Crack Propagation
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Computational Tribology
Scope of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Tribology
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Introduction to AI and ML Right from mobile phone apps which recommend our favorite music to the most sophisticated autonomous vehicles, every device in today’s times is embedded with artificial intelligence and machine learning. Taking […]
General Topics
What is this device?
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What if the bearings in the wheels of your future car/bicycle/motorbike was doing more than the normal bearing job? What if it could not only bear the load with minimum friction, but also insure other […]
Atomistic Tribology
An Engineered Salvinia-like Slippery Surface
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The surface properties of materials are often critical because they dictate how they react with their external environment. An important property currently under intense investigation is how surfaces interact with liquids like water. In a […]
Advanced Materials
In specially coated tubes, the more viscous liquid flows faster
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The rate of flow of different types of fluids moving along pipes has critical ramifications when you consider physiological functions like the cardiovascular system. The speed of blood flow through the heart and its network […]
General Topics
Introduction to Sealing Technology
18.01.2021 786 Views
Let’s start from the beginning: what is a seal? A device or material that is used to close off or fasten an opening or connection, especially to prevent the escape of a liquid or gas. […]
General Topics
Illusion of static friction: Does it really exist?
13.01.2021 1,214 Views
Static friction might be an illusion made by the rotation of kinetic friction, even though, since the time of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736–1806), we have believed that there exist two types of solid friction. Nakano […]
