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

11.01.2021 Jean-David Wheeler 824 Views

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 […]

Superlubricity with Green Lubricant

12.09.2016 730 Views

Superlubricity is a state of vanishing sliding friction. It has been reported in glycerol/water mixture lubricated contacts, graphene-gold interface, interface in presence of graphene and in other conditions. Increasing number of reports on superlubricity in [...]
Engineers create most wear-resistant metal alloy in the world

03.09.2018 1,083 Views

If you’re ever unlucky enough to have a car with metal tires, you might consider a set made from a new alloy engineered at Sandia National Laboratories. You could skid — not drive, skid — [...]
A New Way to Understand Friction

21.09.2020 967 Views

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 [...]
Surface a Key Element in Robotic Fingers

22.10.2018 780 Views

Picking up a pen off a desk and writing with it might seem easy to you, but it’s no small feat to a robot. For one thing, once you pick up the pen, you then [...]
Ice crystals formation is controlled by the surface texture - new study shows

18.05.2017 1,119 Views

WASHINGTON (May 17, 2017)—A new study examining how ice forms from pure water found that the geometry of the surface that water is on can have an effect on whether or not it freezes, suggesting [...]