frictional energy dissipation

How do phonons lead to frictional energy dissipation?

18.12.2019 tribonet 664 Views

Friction is often associated with the generation of vibrations in the solids that are sliding over each other. Mathematically, these vibrations are described by the phonons in the two solids, the vibrational eigenmodes. Here, we […]

NASCAR Pile Up and Importance of Friction

29.07.2019 1,696 Views

A real life examples to help explain the importance of tribology are priceless. Car races can provide an exciting example. A pile up at the 2019 Daytona NASCAR car race created an example the effect [...]
Creating a Robo-Dog Army: Tribological Aspects

02.09.2019 245 Views

Recently Boston Dynamics’ released a video of a robo-dog army pulling a truck down the road. The future is here. For now it looks like the good old Terminator I movie. But I guess we [...]
Decrease Friction with Hydrogen Ions

13.06.2016 571 Views

Currently, a large portion of consumed energy is used to overcome friction. Design of low friction components is a primary goal in building a sustainable society. Superlubricity, the state of ultralow friction (<0.01), has already [...]
Green Tribology

16.09.2019 1,469 Views

Tribology is Integral to Global Energy Consumption, Costs and Emissions Three principle industries in today’s society are transportation, power generation, and manufacturing. All three industries involve machines of all types, with moving parts subject to [...]
Self-Cleaning Coatings and Lubricants to Decrease Water Consumption in Toilets

06.04.2020 429 Views

Decreasing water consumption is a key theme in today’s world, as we deal with the ever-growing concern of water scarcity. Water scarcity is the inability of freshwater sources to meet the water demand of the [...]