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Harvesting friction energy in self-sustaining water motion sensors

12.05.2017 tribonet 3,185 Views

A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has engineered a self-sustaining sensor platform to continuously monitor the surrounding environment without having an external power source. This research has been led by the team of Professor Jaehyouk […]

Tribology Trends and Challenges in Electric Vehicles: Short Summary

14.09.2020 1,016 Views

Electric vehicles, while often considered a new phenomenon, have existed since the 1800s. At that point in time, electric vehicles outnumbered gasoline powered vehicles for many reasons. Electric vehicles did not have the same vibration, [...]
Unraveling the Secret Behind Nature's Strongest Material

16.03.2020 940 Views

Nacre, which is also known as mother-of-pearl, holds the reputation as the toughest material found in nature. Nacre is a composite organic-inorganic material produced as an inner shell layer in some mollusks. It is also [...]
Contact mechanics challenge results

09.10.2017 1,611 Views

The Contact-Mechanics Challenge completed In late 2015 we posed the Contact-Mechanics Challenge. This has now been completed and the winner is—the field of tribology. BECAUSE TRIBOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF contacting bodies in relative motion, [...]
Triboelectric Generator to Power Smart Knee Implants

27.05.2019 420 Views

The word ‘smart’ in today’s world has to do with information technology and operating system. It is used in many fields of endeavor including medicine. IT-driven knee implants can soon become a treatment method, kudos [...]
"Car 2020" and Tribology Research

16.02.2016 356 Views

Friction has been a challenge for the mankind throughout the whole history since it resists the motion. It resists the transportation of goods. And transportation shares 20% of the global energy consumption and approximately 18% [...]