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Which is the best texture?

22.02.2021 Jean-David Wheeler 469 Views

Every so often, a natural texture is discovered and presented as a great texture for tribology purposes! Shark skin, leaf surface, or even snake skin are the most renowned examples. And it is true that […]

Detect stress and fracture using color changing elastomers - mechanochromic sensors

16.04.2018 819 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 [...]
Metal with Memory: Shaping the Future of Aviation

13.11.2017 430 Views

While aeronautics researchers across the globe continue to develop technologies that will make air travel more efficient, more sustainable and safer, there is a group of NASA researchers who are altering the long-held view that [...]
Tribological testing of materials for automotive industry

26.06.2017 1,209 Views

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, [...]
Researchers simulate wear of materials as they rub together

20.10.2017 1,449 Views

Forty years ago, MIT emeritus professor of mechanical engineering Ernest Rabinowicz calculated that 6 percent of the annual U.S. gross domestic product was lost through mechanical wear. His assertion gained enough traction that it became [...]
Tribology in Animal World: Dietary Habits of Lepidosauria Studied via Dental Microwear

07.10.2019 498 Views

Scientists from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz are studying the tooth enamel surface of lepidosauria. Lepidosauria are reptiles with overlapping scales and include approximately 7150 species of lizards, snakes, tuatara and amphisbaenians (worm lizards). The [...]