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Concrete strength is determined by internal friction

03.10.2017 tribonet 1,313 Views

Cement materials, including cement paste, mortar, and concrete, are the most widely manufactured materials in the world. Their carbon footprint is similarly hefty: The processes involved in making cement contribute almost 6 percent of global […]

Tribology and the Human Evolution

12.08.2019 997 Views

Tribology, not a common household word, is the science of wear, friction, and lubrication, studying how interacting surfaces behave in relative motion. Tribology does not work in isolation but affects a multitude of other fields [...]
Can we please get rid of the toxic copper in brake pads?

21.12.2020 1,142 Views

Whatever humanity does today, it does it on a very large scale. And the consequences are large as well! In the automotive area, I was clearly aware of CO2 emissions and global warming issues. A [...]
Making Lubricants From Plastic Waste

30.03.2020 519 Views

Single-use plastics have a bad reputation for contributing to the earth’s environmental and pollution issues. With the world’s ever-vigilant focus on protecting the environment, society is determined to halt the use of single-use plastics, such [...]
Argonne Embraces Concept of "in operando" Formation of Carbon-based Tribofilms

23.08.2016 471 Views

Earlier this month, tribologists and physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory published news of their (self-described) “self-healing diamond-like carbon coating [that] could revolutionize lubrication” in the journal Nature. The researchers [...]
Tribology Trends and Challenges in Electric Vehicles: Short Summary

14.09.2020 1,005 Views

Electric vehicles, while often considered a new phenomenon, have existed since the 1800s. At that point in time, electric vehicles outnumbered gasoline powered vehicles for many reasons. Electric vehicles did not have the same vibration, [...]