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General Topics
What is this device?
08.02.2021 536 Views
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
01.02.2021 385 Views
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
25.01.2021 317 Views
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 771 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 1,200 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 […]
Computational Tribology
How to better predict the minimum film thickness of elastohydrodynamic contacts?
11.01.2021 880 Views
Let’s say you have the choice between an almost infinite lifespan device, and a device that undergoes wear and failure within a few minutes or hours of running. In most cases, you would choose the […]
