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‘Space Fabric’ Links Fashion and Engineering
11.07.2017 TriboNet

Raul Polit Casillas grew up around fabrics. His mother is a fashion designer in Spain, and, at a young age, he was intrigued by how materials are used for design. Now, as a systems engineer […]

Advanced Materials
Benefits of Hybrid Bearings in Severe Conditions
03.07.2017 TriboNet

Hybrid bearings, i.e., bearings with steel rings and bearing grade silicon nitride (Si3N4) rolling elements, have been increasingly used in applications operating in challenging environments [1-4] such as high-speed, oil-free air conditioning and refrigeration compressors, […]

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Computational Tribology
Elmer: An Open Source Finite Elements Software
29.06.2017 F. Xavier Borras

There are nowadays some Open Source Finite Elements packages available online, just to cite some: Calculix, Salome-Meca (with Code Aster), Z88 Aurora, Elmer, etc. The gap between the paid software (Ansys, Comsol, Abaqus, LS-DYNA,…) and the open source packages is still big, […]

Computational Tribology
Reducing wind turbine operating costs through a statistical approach
27.06.2017 TriboNet

Summary Taking a statistical approach to the condition monitoring of wind turbines is helping wind energy operators control their operation and maintenance costs. SKF is using its wealth of knowledge and considerable database about thousands […]

Advanced Materials
Tribological testing of materials for automotive industry
26.06.2017 TriboNet

Quality Magazine have published an article about using benchtop mechanical testing to assess materials in the automotive industry,  saving time and money. Full scale tests are often used to test the frictional behaviour of materials, […]

glassy carbon
Advanced Materials
Hard, but highly elastic form of carbon developed
14.06.2017 TriboNet

Washington, DC— A team including several Carnegie scientists has developed a form of ultrastrong, lightweight carbon that is also elastic and electrically conductive. A material with such a unique combination of properties could serve a […]

Touch feeling for robots
Advanced Materials
Feeling of a touch for robots through artificial intelligence and contact area patterns
06.06.2017 TriboNet

Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact with an object to provide a remarkably detailed […]

The correct lubricant
General Topics
The correct lubricant: a practical guide to choose lubricating oil
02.06.2017 TriboNet

‘The correct lubricant’ covers basic practical information about lubricants in automotive and industrial areas. It is written for users of lubricants, giving only what is essential to know and useful for them. It could also […]

wave energy
Atomistic Tribology
Triboelectricity to collect wave power
01.06.2017 TriboNet

Nature provides three sources of energy for free: sunlight, air and gravity. Solar and wind power are increasingly exploited, gravity less so. Hydraulic power plants harvest energy from flowing rivers. Tidal energy can be gathered […]

Ice Crystals
Atomistic Tribology
Ice crystals formation is controlled by the surface texture – new study shows
18.05.2017 TriboNet

WASHINGTON (May 17, 2017)—A new study examining how ice forms from pure water found that the geometry of the surface that water is on can have an effect on whether or not it freezes, suggesting […]

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