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Some open problems in adhesion (of rough surfaces)

30.01.2018 tribonet 3474

By M.Ciavarella, A. Papangelo. Politecnico di BARI, Italy. Adhesion for ‘‘soft’’ bodies shows instabilities like in the simple case of a single sinusoid even in the so called JKR regime (Johnson 1995) which leads to […]

In Situ Generation of Graphene

25.07.2016 4488

Graphene has unique properties and is being extensively used in various applications. It got a deserved attention in the field of tribology as well and was reported to lead to the states of superlubricity (see [...]
New lubricated mussel-proof coating

05.09.2017 14784

It all began with a bet. At a conference in Italy in 2013, Nicolas Vogel, then a postdoctoral fellow in Joanna Aizenberg’s lab at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and [...]
Sports Tribology

05.07.2021 434

Table of Contents Application in cricketApplication in gymnasticsApplication in skiingApplication in tennisApplication in curlingApplication in table tennis Tribology is a term used to define combination of friction, wear and lubrication. Tribology has been used [...]
Hard, but highly elastic form of carbon developed

14.06.2017 4458

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 [...]
What is this device?

08.02.2021 2306

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 [...]

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Some open problems in adhesion (of rough surfaces)

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