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Roughness of the solid particles controls the viscosity of suspension

28.05.2018 tribonet 747 Views

The internet is full of videos of people having fun running over white slime. It almost looks as if they were walking on water. But when they stand still, they slowly begin to sink. The […]

Relativistic Tribology, Tribo Plasma

12.02.2016 275 Views

Gravitational waves were proved to exist, thus validating one more prediction by Albert Einstein and his general theory of relativity! Is there any relation between the relativity and Tribology? It looks like there is! “Micromechanisms [...]
Friction and Wear: From Elementary Mechanisms to Macroscopic Behavior

23.09.2019 1,252 Views

In the last 25 years, the global trend to miniaturization has raised interest in frictional processes on the micro and nano scale and facilitated appearance of nanotribology as a new branch of research. Soon it [...]
On the history of elastohydrodynamics

01.02.2018 795 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 [...]
NASCAR Pile Up and Importance of Friction

29.07.2019 1,688 Views

A real life examples to help explain the importance of tribology are priceless. Car races can provide an exciting example. A pile up at the 2019 Daytona NASCAR car race created an example the effect [...]
Tribology to analyze wine mouthfeel

13.12.2018 458 Views

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, are investigating whether an analytical technique to measure friction between two surfaces can provide better understanding of wine sensory perception related to astringency and mouthfeel. Mouthfeel is an [...]