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Nordtrib 2016: conference summary and outlook on the field of tribology 50 years after the Jost report

19.06.2016 Dennis Ernens 906 Views

Nordtrib 2016 came to a close last Friday and I returned home inspired and energized for the next stint in my PhD research. This post is an overview of the conference and summarises the outlook […]

Superlubricity state through atom-by-atom surface tuning

18.01.2016 124 Views

Friction is everywhere around us, working against motion of cars, airplanes, their engines, wind mills and other devices causing wear and decreasing their energy and overall performance efficiency. However, there exists a certain state, called [...]
How does roughness impact your EHD contact?

08.03.2021 642 Views

A bit of context Let’s say you want to design a new car but that you are a new car manufacturer. You can’t really step back and look at your previous experiences, so everything [...]
Analyzing the evolution of adhesive wear

06.05.2019 1,486 Views

Adhesive Wear Analyzed The effects of surface wear reaches across many industries including production, manufacturing, engineering, transportation, roads, and machinery, to name only a few. Given its wide reaching tentacles, it can be surprising to [...]
Superlubricity by means of repulsive van der Waals forces

06.04.2016 859 Views

Superlubricity, a state of low friction (<0.001), can be achieved by different mechanisms. The structural superlubricity occurs, if the crystal lattices of the contacting bodies are incommensurate. Nano-scrolls may act as a bearing and may [...]
Tribology and Electric Vehicles

03.06.2019 1,639 Views

Electric Vehicles Through the Years Electric vehicles, while often considered a new phenomenon, have existed since the 1800s. At that point in time, electric vehicles outnumbered gasoline powered vehicles for many reasons. Electric vehicles did [...]