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Tungsten Pentaboride Can Replace Diamonds for Drilling Purposes

13.01.2020 tribonet 758 Views

Often, when an individual hears the word diamond, a vision of love and an engagement ring is what first comes to mind. If the first picture is not an engagement ring, then it is typically […]

Switchable Friction on Graphene

15.08.2016 271 Views

Graphene is a unique material in many aspects and has recently been applied in various ways. In tribology, it has been shown to lead to a superlubricity – an ultra low friction state. In laboratory [...]
Contact Pressure For Rough Surfaces: A Tutorial

08.11.2017 5,521 Views

In this article, a calculation of contact pressure in a rough contact is discussed. The calculation is done using a Tribology Simulator software, which is available for download here (its free to use). The simulator [...]
New composite materials prolong the service life of spare parts for equipment and vehicles

20.12.2018 395 Views

Studies have shown that hybrid powder materials based on natural layered silicates developed by the chemists of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB [...]
What is this device?

08.02.2021 334 Views

What if the bearings in the wheels of your future car/bicycle/motorbike was doing more than the normal bearing job? What if it could not only bear the load with minimum friction, but also insure other [...]
Power generating floor from waste - thanks to triboelecric effect

12.09.2017 733 Views

Visitors to UW–Madison’s Union South walk across a section of floor designed and installed by College of Engineering researchers to capture the energy of footsteps and turn it into usable electricity. Photo: Adrienne Nienow As [...]