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Tribology for engineers: A practical guide

Edited by J Paulo Davim, University of Aveiro, Portugal

As a whole the book contains interesting, practically useful material perfectly tallied by the editor.
International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering

 - edited and written by highly knowledgeable and well-respected researchers in the field
 - examines recent research and applications of friction, wear and lubrication
 - highlights advances and future trends in the 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. The book examines tribology with special emphasis on surface topography, wear of materials and lubrication, and includes dedicated coverage on the fundamentals of micro and nanotribology. The book serves as a valuable reference for academics, tribology and materials researchers, mechanical, physics and materials engineers and professional in related industries with tribology.

ISBN 0 85709 114 X
ISBN-13: 978 0 85709 114 7
January 2011
320 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
£130.00 / US$220.00 / €155.00

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About the editor

J. Paulo Davim received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Porto in 1997 and the Aggregation from the University of Coimbra in 2005. Currently, he is Aggregate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro and Head of MACTRIB - Machining and Tribology Research Group. He has more than 24 years of teaching and research experience in machining, tribology and manufacturing processes. He is the Editor of four international journals, and also guest editor, editorial board member, reviewer and scientific advisor for many international journals and conferences. He has also published more than 300 articles in SCI journals (h-index 15) and conferences.

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Contents

Surface topography
P Sahoo, Jadavpur University, India
 - Introduction
 - Characteristics of surface layers
 - Roughness parameters
 - Statistical aspects
 - Multiscale characterization of surface topography
 - Surface roughness measurement
 - Advanced techniques for surface topography evaluation
 - Summary
 - References

Friction and wear
A-E Jiménez and M-D Bermúdez, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain
 - Friction
 - Wear
 - References

Lubrication and roughness
L Burstein, Technion–IIT, Haifa, Israel
 - Introduction
 - Lubricants
 - Regimes of lubrication
 - Reynolds’ equation
 - Applications of hydrodynamic lubrication theory
 - Hydrodynamic lubrication of roughened surfaces
 - Nomenclature
 - Subscripts
 - Acknowledgement
 - References

Micro/nano tribology
K Mylvaganam and L C Zhang, University of New South Wales, Australia
 - Introduction
 - Experimental investigation
 - Theoretical investigation
 - Summary
 - Note
 - References

Tribology in manufacturing
M J Jackson, Purdue University, USA and J S Morrell, Y12 National Security Complex, USA
 - Friction in manufacturing
 - Lubrication to control friction in manufacturing
 - Solid lubrication
 - Tribology of rolling
 - Tribology of drawing
 - Tribology of extrusion
 - Tribology of forging
 - Tribology of sheet metalworking
 - Conclusions
 - References

Bio and medical tribology
S Affatato and F Traina, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy
 - Bio-tribology
 - Basic concepts of anatomy and physiology of hip and knee joints
 - Brief history of hip and knee prostheses
 - Biomaterials used in hip and knee prostheses
 - Wear of biomaterials
 - Wear evaluation
 - Biological effects of wear
 - Acknowledgements
 - References