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How to better predict the minimum film thickness of elastohydrodynamic contacts?

11.01.2021 Jean-David Wheeler

Let’s say you have the choice between an almost infinite lifespan device, and a device that undergoes wear and failure within a few minutes or hours of running. In most cases, you would choose the […]

Evolving friction of graphene

28.11.2016

Two-dimensional materials are defined as substances with the thickness less than few nanometers. While there may exist around 500 of various 2D materials, the first discovered 2D material is graphene. Graphene is flexible, transparent, possesses [...]
Nanotechnology Flight Test

29.07.2017

Mastering the intricacies of controlling matter at the nanoscale level is part of a revolutionary quest to apply nanotechnology to benefit industrial processes. A key element of that technology is the use of carbon nanotubes. [...]
New method reveals how damage occurs in human biological cells due to mechanical fatigue

18.11.2019

Human red cells (RBCs) are very versatile and have the ability to experience cell deformation as they move around different small vessels and capillaries. Their average life time is around 120 days and during this [...]
Everything is FAIR in research and tribology.

12.09.2022

Table of Contents IntroductionImportance of Ontology and ELNPin-on-disc experimentConclusion Introduction We live in an era of big data. Major corporations around the world are competing to collect data about their customers to provide better services [...]
A New Way to Understand Friction

21.09.2020

Friction is a part of everyday life. Most of us do not think about friction at all, except perhaps when we are trying to push something heavy along the floor, cursing the friction that it [...]

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How to better predict the minimum film thickness of elastohydrodynamic contacts?