Professor Popov Archives - About Tribology

Contact Mechanics Book

06.03.2018 TriboNet

The Handbook on Contact Mechanics (Handbuch der Kontaktmechanik) co-authored by Honorary Professor of Tomsk Polytechnic University, head of the Department of System Dynamics and Friction Physics at Technical University Berlin, Valentin Popov, a TPU alumnus […]

STLE Brings Tribology Frontiers Conference and Tribology & Lubrication for E-Mobility Conference to Cleveland November 12-15

03.10.2023

Co-branded event provides tribology and lubrication engineering enthusiasts with the latest field science PARK RIDGE, Illinois (September 28, 2023) ─ The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) — the technical society for individuals in the field [...]
Modern Applications of Tribology

16.07.2017

While Leonardo da Vinci commented on the effects of friction in the 1400s, it wasn’t until the mid-1960s that tribology was coined by Dr. H. Peter Jost and accepted as the term for the study [...]
Green Tribology

16.09.2019

Tribology is Integral to Global Energy Consumption, Costs and Emissions Three principle industries in today’s society are transportation, power generation, and manufacturing. All three industries involve machines of all types, with moving parts subject to [...]
Charging electric vehicle batteries in 10 minutes

08.03.2023

By Dr. Neil Canter, Contributing Editor | TLT Tech Beat February 2023. Originally published by TLT Magazine. HIGHLIGHTS • According to the U.S. Department of Energy, fast charging of a battery means that 150 watt-hours [...]
A New Way to Understand Friction

21.09.2020

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 [...]