Tribology (friction and lubrication)

This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Design (ICMechD) 2019.

This thesis presents a novel ultrasonic instrument for non-invasive and in-situ characterization of journal bearing lubricant viscosity.

This book describes the latest developments of lanthanum zirconate based thermal barrier coatings.

This book focuses on corrosion and microbial corrosion, providing solutions for these problems based on nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology.

This book addresses the fatigue behavior of riveted connections from ancient Portuguese metallic bridges as well as the fatigue crack propagation behavior of related materials.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to and technical description of a unique patented surface-modification technology: plasma surface metallurgy with double-glow discharge plasma process, known as the Xu-Tec process.

This book serves as a comprehensive resource on metals and materials selection for the petrochemical industrial sector.

Although the present edition of Fundamentals of Creep in Metals and Alloys remains broadly up to date for metals, there are a range of improvements and updates that are either desirable, or required, in order to ensure that the book continues to meet the needs of researchers and scholars in the general area of creep plasticity.

Superlubricity is defined as a sliding regime in which friction or resistance to sliding vanishes.

Part of the fifth edition of the classic Rolling Bearing Analysis, this book builds a basic understanding of the fundamentals underlying the use, design, and performance of rolling bearings.

The book describes the methods and procedures to optimally applying lubricant to all kinds of general purpose machines.

Friction Stir Spot Welding offers an introduction to friction stir spot welding (FSSW) between both similar and dissimilar metals and materials.

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.

Tribology for engineers discusses recent research and applications of principles of friction, wear and lubrication, and provides the fundamentals and advances in tribology for modern industry.

This proceedings volume gathers selected papers presented at the Chinese Materials Conference 2017 (CMC2017), held in Yinchuan City, Ningxia, China, on July 06-12, 2017.

This book is a compilation of witty and insightful short pieces on scientific developments in the science of friction, lubrication and wear.

This text presents the state of the art in friction drag/resistance reduction technologies for BODIES and crafts operating in liquids at and beneath the free surface.

Man lubricates mostly with oil.

This book provides final year undergraduate students, graduate students, research scientists and engineers with an up-to-date overview of the power of using surface analytical techniques for probing complex solid surfaces and lubricants as well as for understanding their interactions in tribological systems.

This volume covers friction-induced vibration, the influence of actuator-bearing grease composition, wear measurements for proximity recording heads, characteristics of a suspension assembly, design and analysis of the HDD Servo System, reluctance torque reduction, etc.

The focus of this book is surface modification, with the goal of tailoring materials for a specific application.

An important aspect of engineering surfaces is that they need to be multifunctional as designs of machine components require cheaper, lighter, smarter, longer-wearing, and more environmentally friendly surfaces that see applications that are hotter, faster, highly pressurized, and exposed to other increasingly hostile environments.

Water covers more than 70% of the earth's surface and is an essential and major component of all living matter.

This book presents the selected peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Engineering Design (ICOIED 2020).

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETME 2018).

This volume presents research papers on micro and nano manufacturing and surface engineering which were presented during the 7th International and 28th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research conference 2018 (AIMTDR 2018).

This volume comprises select proceedings of the 7th International and 28th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research conference 2018 (AIMTDR 2018).

This book comprehensively covers corrosion and corrosion protection in China in the areas including infrastructure, transportation, energy, water environment, as well as manufacturing and public utilities.

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Futuristic Trends in Materials and Manufacturing (ICFTMM 2018).

This volume presents a selection of papers from the 2nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Manufacturing (ICCMM 2019).

This proceedings brings together seventy seven selected papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Advanced High Strength Steel and Press Hardening (ICHSU2016), which was held in Xian, China, during August 25-27, 2016.

This book highlights the recent research works on mechanical, manufacturing and plant engineering presented during the 7th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering (ICMMPE 2021) held on 29th November 2021.

This book is a compilation of selected papers presented at the 3rd Malaysian International Tribology Conference (MITC 2020) held in Langkawi, Malaysia, September 28-30, 2020.

This volume elaborates on various corrosion processes in different applications and their prevention strategies.

This book is focuses on novel materials for advanced engine design.

This book presents selected papers from the 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering (ICMMPE 2020), held virtually via Google Meet.

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 covers the current advances and practices in tribological applications of composite materials under various processes, presenting the development, characterization, and morphological properties of composite materials in tribological applications.

In this book, basic sciences and applied technologies in 3D printing and 2D coating-including 2D surface modulations on 3D printed objects-are described to explore and to image novel multidimensional additive manufacturing.

This book gathers selected papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Industrial Applications of Adhesives 2020 (IAA 2020).

This book comprises selected papers from the Fourth International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (ICMME 2019).

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 the select proceedings of the International Conference on Functional Material, Manufacturing and Performances (ICFMMP) 2019.

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Futuristic Trends in Materials and Manufacturing (ICFTMM) 2019.

This book presents selected papers presented during Fatigue Durability India 2019.

This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Functional Material, Manufacturing and Performances (ICFMMP) 2019.

This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Design (ICMechD) 2019.

This book presents selected papers from the 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering (ICMMPE 2019), held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

This book summarizes the latest advances in understanding chloride ingress and steel corrosion in concrete under service loads.

This book provides excellent techniques for detecting and evaluating biofilms: sticky films on materials that are formed by bacterial activity and produce a range of industrial and medical problems such as corrosion, sanitary problems, and infections.