Due to their biodegradability, renewability and superior lubrication performance compared to commercial fossil lubricants, vegetable oils are becoming substitutes for petroleum-based lubricants in different sectors, especially in the automotive industry.
This book systematically summarises the state-of-the-art research in the field of single-layer brazed cubic boron nitride (CBN) abrasive tools in terms of manufacturing technology, wear mechanisms and machining performance.
This book systematically summarises the state-of-the-art research in the field of single-layer brazed cubic boron nitride (CBN) abrasive tools in terms of manufacturing technology, wear mechanisms and machining performance.
This book covers chemistry of lubricants and waxes up to technologies applied for their commercial production including technologies in commercial operation.
This book covers chemistry of lubricants and waxes up to technologies applied for their commercial production including technologies in commercial operation.
The book highlights mechanical, thermal, electrical, and magnetic properties, and characterization of additive manufactured products in a single volume.
The book highlights mechanical, thermal, electrical, and magnetic properties, and characterization of additive manufactured products in a single volume.
This book looks at sustainability and the environmental safety of transport, both key priorities within the global strategy of sustainable development of aviation.
This book looks at sustainability and the environmental safety of transport, both key priorities within the global strategy of sustainable development of aviation.
Taking a mechanistic approach that emphasizes the physical behavior of rubber as it slides, Analyzing Friction in the Design of Rubber Products and Their Paired Surfaces integrates the engineering and scientific evidence demonstrating that the laws of metallic friction do not apply to rubber.
With the advent of nanotechnology, the properties offered by nano-sized particles in various engineering applications have revolutionized the area of material science.
With the advent of nanotechnology, the properties offered by nano-sized particles in various engineering applications have revolutionized the area of material science.
Medical tribology can be defined as the science of tribological phenomena in the human body, both those that naturally occur in the tissues or organs and those that arise after implantation of an artificial device, while biomaterials are inert substances designed to be incorporated into living systems.
This book presents recent developments in the coating processes, sub processes and emphasizes on processes with the potential to improve performance quality and reproducibility.
This book addresses corrosion problems and their solutions at facilities in the oil refining and petrochemical industry, including cooling water and boiler feed water units.
This book mainly introduces some basic phenomena and laws of highly ductile materials during elastoplastic deformation, and their engineering applications, such as the transfer and relief of stress concentration in the notch root, the mitigation of possible brittle fracture, the ductile deformation and damage, fatigue, energy absorption, plastic buckling, thermal stress problems, etc.
By focusing on the theory and techniques of tribological design and testing for bearings, this book systematically reviews the latest advances in applications for this field.
This book highlights recent findings in industrial, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, and provides an overview of the state of the art in these fields, mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe.
This volume comprises select proceedings of the 7th International and 28th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research conference 2018 (AIMTDR 2018).
This volume comprises the expert contributions from the invited speakers at the 17th International Conference on Thin Films (ICTF 2017), held at CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India.
This book presents selected papers from the International Conference on Advances in Materials Processing and Manufacturing Applications (iCADMA 2020), held on November 5-6, 2020, at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India.
This book presents the proceedings of Fatigue Durability India 2016, which was held on September 28-30 at J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
This book presents a collection of chapters on various aspects of futuristic composite materials, from manufacturing challenges to materials characterization.
This handbook provides an insight into the advancements in surface engineering methods, addressing the microstructural features, properties, mechanisms of surface degradation failures, and tribological performance of the components.
This handbook provides an insight into the advancements in surface engineering methods, addressing the microstructural features, properties, mechanisms of surface degradation failures, and tribological performance of the components.
The surface characterizations of engineering materials effects their scratch/abrasion/Mar resistance, coating adhesion/strength, and abrasive wear mechanism.
The 24th Leeds-Lyon Symposium was held in London from 4th-6th September 1997, where it was hosted by the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.
Tribology of Natural Fiber Polymer Composites, Second Edition, covers the availability and processing of natural fiber polymer composites and their structural, thermal, mechanical and tribological properties and performance.
Tribology of Polymeric Nanocomposites provides a comprehensive description of polymeric nanocomposites, both as bulk materials and as thin surface coatings, and provides rare, focused coverage of their tribological behavior and potential use in tribological applications.