nonequilibrium molecular dynamic simulations

Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of organic friction modifiers

29.03.2017 tribonet 1,320 Views

The requirement for greater energy efficiency in engineering systems has led to a general reduction in lubricant viscosity, which means that an increasing number of engineering components operate under boundary lubrication conditions. As a result, […]

Greasy Fingerprints Issue Solved with Nanocoating

28.10.2019 469 Views

You walk into your newly renovated kitchen to admire your brand new, top of the line stainless steel appliances. What? Are those fingerprint smudges on the refrigerator!? Trying to remove those smudges is not an [...]
Early Mechanical Behaviors and Origins of Earthquakes

23.03.2020 5,035 Views

Hadrien Rattez, a research scientist in civil and environmental engineering at Duke University and Manolis Veveakis, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University, have joined forces to create a model, which [...]
So, what is it, superlubricity?

27.01.2016 1,472 Views

From the first friction quantitative experiments by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) and most notably from our everyday life experience, it is known that there is an inevitable force opposing to the initiation of motion of [...]
Stability of vacuum oil in space

25.06.2018 891 Views

A research team from the Research Institute of Mechanics, MSU together with a colleague from the Center of New Space Technologies, MAI described the behavior of a liquid sheet (vacuum oil) propagating in open space. [...]
Surface a Key Element in Robotic Fingers

22.10.2018 778 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 [...]