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Contact Area vs. Load: Simple Scaling Laws

04.07.2016 Dr. Aydar Akchurin 1,572 Views

“God made the bulk; surfaces were invented by the devil”, a Nobel prize winning physicist Wolfgang Ernst Pauli said. In tribology, as in many other sciences, surface features (asperities, roughness) play an important role. In […]

Future of Oil Analysis is Linked to Machine Learning

20.01.2020 1,467 Views

Traditional oil analysis, also called oil condition monitoring (OCM) analyzes samples for abnormal wear, condition of the fluid, and presence of contaminates. The presence of any of these issues indicates that action needs to be [...]
Concrete strength is determined by internal friction

03.10.2017 1,345 Views

Cement materials, including cement paste, mortar, and concrete, are the most widely manufactured materials in the world. Their carbon footprint is similarly hefty: The processes involved in making cement contribute almost 6 percent of global [...]
Determining Fatigue Wear Using Wear Particle Analysis Tools

26.06.2016 294 Views

A nice article regarding the wear particles analysis in Machinery Lubrication, look further: http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/526/fatigue-wear-particle-analysis.
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 [...]
Experimental measurement of adhesion and friction in mesoscopic graphite contacts

07.02.2016 80 Views

Two-dimensional materials, such as graphite, expose an intriguing, but poorly understood low-friction behavior – superlubricity. Various aspects of superlubricity have been addressed by researchers, mostly based on theoretical considerations, however, accurate experimental measurements of adhesion [...]