Online Contact Mehcanics, Lubrication and Tribology Calculators | Tribology | Tribonet

There is a number of online tribology, contact mechanics and lubrication related calculators available on tibonet and they are listed in this table. If you would like to add a calculator, please contact us.

EHL film thickness calculator for a line contact. Calculates the central and minimum film thicknesses as a function of entraining speed and plots on a graph	Central Film Thickness Calculator – Line Contact
EHL film thickness calculator for an elliptical (point contact). Calculates the central and minimum film thicknesses as a function of entraining speed and plots on a graph	EHL Film Thickness Calculator - Elliptical (Point) Contact
A simple Hertz contact calculator for elliptical and circular contacts. Matlab version is also available.	Hertz Pressure Calculator – Line Contact
Calculate Hertzian Subsurface Stresses in Contact of Two Cylinders	Hertzian Subsurface Stress Calculator - Line Contact
This is a simple Hertz contact calculator for elliptical and circular contacts. A corresponding Matlab file can also be downloaded.	Hertz Pressure Calculator - Elliptical and Point Contacts
Calculate pressure and indent in contact of an elliptical flat punch and a flat	Indentation by an elliptical flat punch
Calculate Vickers Hardness from the known load and indent diameter	Hardness Calculation – Vickers Indenter
Calculate Brinell Hardness Number	Hardness Calculation – Brinell Indenter
Calculate Knoop Hardness Number	Hardness Calculation – Knoop Hardness Number
Calcuate Adhesion and Pull-Off Forces	Adhesion and Pull-Off Forces Calculator
Calculate Pressure in Contact with Sinusoidal Surface, 1D	Online Calculator – Indentation of Elastic Body by Sinusoidal Surface
Calculate Pressure and Displacement for Rigid Cylindrical Indenter - Flat Contact	Rigid Flat Punch Calculator
Indentation of elastic half-space by a conical indenter	Calculate pressure and displacement in a contact of a cone and elastic flat
Indentation of elastic half-space by a truncated conical indenter	Calculate pressure and displacement in a contact of a truncated cone and elastic flat

Detect stress and fracture using color changing elastomers - mechanochromic sensors

16.04.2018 925 Views
Biological materials have complex mechanical properties that are difficult to reproduce using synthetic materials. An international team of researchers, including Dr. Andrey Dobrynin, a professor in The University of Akron’s College of Polymer Science and [...]
Tungsten Pentaboride Can Replace Diamonds for Drilling Purposes

13.01.2020 872 Views
Often, when an individual hears the word diamond, a vision of love and an engagement ring is what first comes to mind. If the first picture is not an engagement ring, then it is typically [...]
Molecular Dynamic Simulations and AFM Experiments at Overlapping Speeds

11.04.2016 408 Views
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a powerful and convenient experimental measurement device in the field of nano-scale tribology. It was successfully applied to explore superlubricity in a graphene-gold interface and superlubricity due to repulsive van [...]
Ice friction and frictional heat

07.02.2016 327 Views
As it was already pointed in the recent post, the friction on ice is an important topic and its typical low value is attributed to the formation of the water film. Despite our everyday life [...]
Superlubricity with Green Lubricant

12.09.2016 777 Views
Superlubricity is a state of vanishing sliding friction. It has been reported in glycerol/water mixture lubricated contacts, graphene-gold interface, interface in presence of graphene and in other conditions. Increasing number of reports on superlubricity in [...]

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