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Nanoscale Surface Texture To Reduce Bouncing Droplet Contact Time

24.08.2020 tribonet 541 Views

Nature continues to shed light on the amazing and wide range of mechanisms employed in the world of plants and animals. Nanoscale (1 x 10 -7 or 3.937 x 10-8 inches) textured surfaces help insects […]

The Mechanism of Glycerol Superlubricity

09.05.2016 1,053 Views

Glycerol is a highly viscous liquid, generating friction coefficient of 0.1 and up for bearing steels in boundary lubrication. In full film EHL, pure glycerol generates high friction as well and therefore is rarely used [...]
Early Mechanical Behaviors and Origins of Earthquakes

23.03.2020 4,408 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 [...]
Predicting Wear of Marine Infrastructure due to Ice Melting

30.09.2019 220 Views

Rubble ice is a jumble of ice fragments or small pieces of ice, which cover an expansive area with no particular pattern or order. Areas in the Arctic and Antarctica have large expanses of rubble [...]
Biodegradable Alloy Developed for Bone Implants

02.11.2020 88 Views

Health issues involving the fracture, deformation, and weakening of bones continue to be a complaint for many individuals. The issues can be simple, like a broken leg or arm, to more complicated and serious diseases. [...]
'Space Fabric' Links Fashion and Engineering

11.07.2017 1,447 Views

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 [...]