Tribology (friction and lubrication)

This book expounds on progress made over the last 35 years in the theory, synthesis, and application of triboluminescence for creating smart structures.

This book explores effective environmental impact mitigation for petroleum-based lubricants to reduce their negative persistence during usage and upon end-of-life disposal.

This book focuses on the use of nanotechnology in several fields of engineering.

This revised, updated and expanded new edition presents an overview of biomimetics and biologically inspired structured surfaces.

This book examines the theoretical and practical aspects of tribological process using synergy, fractal and multifractal methods, and the fractal and multifractal models of self-similar tribosystems developed on their basis.

This brief details non-circular journal bearing configurations.

This book is a comprehensive collaboration on intelligent polymers and coatings for industrial applications by worldwide researchers and specialists.

The second edition of this textbook includes refined text in each chapter, new sections on corrosion of steel-reinforced concrete and on cathodic protection of steel reinforced bars embedded in concrete, and some new solved examples.

This book presents resent research advances in the area of eco-triobology.

The purpose of this monograph is to characterize and describe the quality of machined wood surfaces, whereas particular attention is given to the utility and to aesthetical values in product design.

This book guides readers through the systematic analysis of Arc Spraying: one of the most widespread and important thermal spraying methods.

This book summarizes the theoretical and experimental studies confirming the concept of the liquid-crystalline nature of boundary lubrication in synovial joints.

Pattern formation is a fascinating and challenging aspect in polymer science.

This book details the relationships between microstructure, interface roughness, and properties of thermal barrier coatings.

This SpringerBrief utilizes a surface chemistry/physical chemistry approach toward the study of aqueous corrosion processes.

This book describes current, competitive coating technologies for vehicles.

This book presents co-sputtered processes ways to produce chrome doped TiO2 thin films onto various substrates such as quartz, silicon and porous silicon.

The book begins with the fundamentals of light scattering, first by individual particles, then by small groups of particles, and finally by the trillions of particles present in a real-life paint film.

This book deals with wear and performance testing of thin solid film lubrication and hard coatings in an ultra-high vacuum (UHV), a process which enables rapid accumulation of stress cycles compared with testing in oil at atmospheric pressure.

The book offers a snapshot of the state-of-art in the field of model-based mechatronic system design.

This Brief describes the influence of the different organic chelating agents on the topography, physical properties and phases of SPPS-deposited spinel ferrite splats.

This book defines the current state-of-the-art for predicting the lifetime of plastics exposed to weather and outlines the future research needed to advance this important field of study.

This book introduces the basic concepts of contact mechanics, friction, lubrication, and wear mechanisms, providing simplified analytical relationships that are useful for quantitative assessments.

The International Multidisciplinary Microscopy Congress (INTERM2013) was organized on October 10-13, 2013.

This volume presents chemical vapour deposition of diamond films for application in cutting tools, microdrills, dental burs and surgical tools.

This is the first text to cover all aspects of solution processed functional oxide thin-films.

Significantly extended from the first edition, this book presents the basics of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) in an accessible and concise manner.

This book introduces microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) packaging utilizing polymers or thin films - a new and unique packaging technology.

Tribology is usually defined as "e;the science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion"e;.

Tribology is usually defined as "e;the science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion"e;.

This collection presents contributions on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling and simulation of engineering processes from researchers and engineers involved in the modeling of multiscale and multiphase phenomena in material processing systems.

This book looks at chemmotological solutions to important questions surrounding sustainability and environmental safety of transport - both key priorities within the global strategy of sustainable development.

This book looks at chemmotological solutions to important questions surrounding sustainability and environmental safety of transport - both key priorities within the global strategy of sustainable development.

This book explains how to improve the validity, reliability, and repeatability of slip resistance assessments amongst a range of shoes, floors, and environments from an engineering metrology viewpoint-covering theoretical and experimental aspects of slip resistance mechanics and mechanisms.

This book provides a comprehensive yet concise presentation of the analysis methods of lightweight engineering in the context of the statics of beam structures and is divided into four sections.

This book highlights the mechanical properties of nanomaterials produced by several techniques for various applications.

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 aims at identifying novel advanced materials of extreme wetting properties (MEWP) for practical, industrial applications.

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 is a toolbox for identifying and addressing tribocorrosion situations from an engineering point of view.

This book is devoted to a thorough investigation of the physics and applications of the vacuum arc - a highly-ionized metallic plasma source used in a number of applications - with emphasis on cathode spot phenomena and plasma formation.

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 sheds light on the development of the cold spray process in applications of additive manufacturing (AM) and repair/remanufacturing engineering.

This book addresses two critical problems that plague materials that make up components in both desalination and cooling water systems: corrosion, and fouling.

This book discusses relevant topics in field of corrosion, from sensing strategies to modeling of control processes, corrosion prevention, detection of corrosion initiation, prediction of corrosion growth and evolution, to maintenance practices and return on investment.

In this book, the authors present a comprehensive study of the effects of operating parameters (load, amplitude, frequency) on dry gross fretting of rough surfaces.

This book presents an up-to-date overview on the main classes of metallic materials currently used in aeronautical structures and propulsion engines and discusses other materials of potential interest for structural aerospace applications.

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 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.