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What is the difference between reciprocated and non-reciprocated sliding?

23.10.2019 tribonet 734 Views

Sliding mode is an often overlooked aspect of tribological testing; in some applications surfaces are reciprocated with respect to each other, while in other applications the slider only contacts fresh counter surface. For example, in […]

Wear in nanoscale: optimum AFM tip roughness

07.03.2016 105 Views

Wear is a gradual removal of the material of the bodies during their interaction. The process appears in many mechanical systems, ranging from large scales, as in wind mills, to nanoscales, as in the AFM [...]
Superlubricity with Green Lubricant

12.09.2016 718 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 [...]
Principles of Green Tribology

23.12.2019 561 Views

Peter Jost first used the term tribology in 1966 to describe the studies of science and technology that aim to understand how surfaces in relative motion to each other interact and the effects those interactions [...]
Mystery of Friction and Static Electricity

09.12.2019 1,556 Views

Every child has experienced the magic of static electricity. Eyes light up as he or she performs magic by rubbing a balloon against his or her hair and the balloon then sticks to the wall. [...]
Superlubricity between steel surfaces with glycerol/water mixture lubricant

18.03.2016 3,886 Views

It is estimated that the energy lost due to friction in industrialized countries equals to approximately 5% of their gross national products and it is clear, that reducing the friction is highly desirable. The classical [...]