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Morphable surfaces could cut air resistance

30.11.2017 tribonet 950 Views

Adding golf ball-like dimples to surfaces could reduce drag and improve efficiency of vehicles. There is a story about how the modern golf ball, with its dimpled surface, came to be: In the mid-1800s, it […]

Harvesting friction energy in self-sustaining water motion sensors

12.05.2017 3,223 Views

A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has engineered a self-sustaining sensor platform to continuously monitor the surrounding environment without having an external power source. This research has been led by the team of Professor Jaehyouk [...]
Triboelectric Generator to Power Smart Knee Implants

27.05.2019 437 Views

The word ‘smart’ in today’s world has to do with information technology and operating system. It is used in many fields of endeavor including medicine. IT-driven knee implants can soon become a treatment method, kudos [...]
Predicting Engine Oil Behavior Under Extreme Pressure

06.01.2020 698 Views

The Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge is an open competition designed to push improvements in the field of molecular modeling and ensure simulations are relevant to real world industrial applications. The organizing committee of the [...]
Contact Pressure For Rough Surfaces: A Tutorial

08.11.2017 6,087 Views

In this article, a calculation of contact pressure in a rough contact is discussed. The calculation is done using a Tribology Simulator software, which is available for download here (its free to use). The simulator [...]
On the history of elastohydrodynamics

01.02.2018 813 Views

Here we present an abstract to a paper devoted to the history of eastohydrodynamic theory and his founder – Alexander Mohrenstein-Ertel. This paper discusses in detailes the peculiar biography of the scientist and the early years of the [...]