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Contact Mechanics Models Overview
On behalf of Professor George Adams. This is an overview of contact mechanics models in case of two spheres. Read More
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12.02.2018

Say “modeling” not “simulation”

24.07.2017 1,578 Views

Richard M. Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Foundation and founding father of the GNU Project, has a long been repeating “say GNU, not Linux” although he has not had much success. In the same sense, from this corner [...]
Early Mechanical Behaviors and Origins of Earthquakes

23.03.2020 7,180 Views

Hadrien Rattez, a research scientist in civil and environmental engineering at Duke University and Manolis Veveakis, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University, have joined forces to create a model, which [...]
Reduce the Friction with Graphene Balls

21.02.2016 515 Views

Tiny, sub-micron sized particles are frequently used as additives in the lubricants to improve their frictional and wear behavior. These particles, due to their size, can enter the contact and protect the surfaces from the [...]
Making Lubricants From Plastic Waste

30.03.2020 653 Views

Single-use plastics have a bad reputation for contributing to the earth’s environmental and pollution issues. With the world’s ever-vigilant focus on protecting the environment, society is determined to halt the use of single-use plastics, such [...]
Serendipitous discovery may lead to eco-friendly lubricant

15.11.2018 174 Views

Seed oil components of an ornamental flower could provide a direct pathway for designing a new class of environmentally friendly lubricants. Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI identified the compound in the seed [...]