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Early Mechanical Behaviors and Origins of Earthquakes

23.03.2020 tribonet 4,412 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 […]

Artificial gelatin-based skin model that simulates human skin almost perfectly

26.10.2017 1,774 Views

The characteristics of human skin are heavily dependent on the hydration of the tissue – in simple terms, the water content. This also changes its interaction with textiles. Up to now, it has only been [...]
Next-generation composites may monitor their own structural health

21.01.2019 322 Views

Carbon fiber composites—lightweight and strong—are great structural materials for automobiles, aircraft and other transportation vehicles. They consist of a polymer matrix, such as epoxy, into which reinforcing carbon fibers have been embedded. Because of differences [...]
From the Climate Change to the Atomic Scale Friction: Contact Mechanics Workshop Summary

11.11.2019 952 Views

This is a summary of International Workshop: Contact Mechanics and Friction – Foundations and Applications that was organized by Professor Popov and his group at TU Berlin on 13-17 October 2019. The workshop held this [...]
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Sediments Act As Lubricants for Plate Tectonics

09.09.2019 417 Views

Plate tectonics explains the features and movement of the Earth’s surface both in the present and in the past. It is the theory that the outer shell of Earth is divided into many plates (including [...]
Tribological testing of materials for automotive industry

26.06.2017 1,187 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, [...]