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A New Way to Understand Friction

21.09.2020 tribonet

Friction is a part of everyday life. Most of us do not think about friction at all, except perhaps when we are trying to push something heavy along the floor, cursing the friction that it […]

Contact Area Calculation Tutorial: Boundary Element Based Model vs. Asperity Based Model

14.03.2018

In contact mechanics and tribology it is frequently needed to calculate the contact area between rough surfaces to estimate possible slip, friction, electric conductivity, etc. In this tutorial, it will be shown how to perform [...]
Bi-layered materials: graphene - no heat, no friction; h-BN - as strong as diamond.

20.09.2017

A group of researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have discovered a stretchy miracle material that could be used to create highly resistant smart devices and scratch-proof paint for cars. Led by Dr Elton Santos from [...]
Snake skin inspired texture to control friction

22.06.2018

If you want to know how to make a sneaker with better traction in the rain, just ask a snake. That’s the theory driving the research of Hisham Abdel-Aal, PhD, an associate teaching professor from [...]
How to get sprayed metal coatings to stick

04.12.2017

Micrographs of a metal surface after impact by metal particles. Craters are formed due to melting of the surface from the impact. Image courtesy of the researchers. “When spraying metal coatings, melting hurts rather than [...]
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Sediments Act As Lubricants for Plate Tectonics

09.09.2019

Plate tectonics explains the features and movement of the Earth’s surface both in the present and in the past. It is the theory that the outer shell of Earth is divided into many plates (including [...]

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