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Month: September 2020

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An ingenious work on contact mechanics by Föppl and Schubert went into oblivion due to the Second World War

28.09.2020 tribonet 202 Views

The history of science sometimes reads like a detective novel. The personal destinies sometimes lead to the fact that outstanding, ingenious works which were decades ahead of their time, sink into oblivion. This seems to […]

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A New Way to Understand Friction

21.09.2020 tribonet 920 Views

Friction is a part of everyday life. Most of us do not think about friction at all, except perhaps when we are trying to push something heavy along the floor, cursing the friction that it […]

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Tribology Trends and Challenges in Electric Vehicles: Short Summary

14.09.2020 tribonet 1,005 Views

Electric vehicles, while often considered a new phenomenon, have existed since the 1800s. At that point in time, electric vehicles outnumbered gasoline powered vehicles for many reasons. Electric vehicles did not have the same vibration, […]

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Measuring viscosity in the Earth's Mantle

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The earth seems to be fairly solid as we stand on its surface. We stand on solid ground and do not sink through the floors in our homes. However, underneath that solid-looking crust are layers […]

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