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Encyclopedia of Tribology and Lubrication

  • 1st Edition - November 2, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Jun Qu, Stefanie Hanke
  • Language: English

Tribology is an enabling multi-disciplinary field that supports diverse areas of technology in daily life. There are numerous situations in which rubbing parts must perform reliab… Read more

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Description

Tribology is an enabling multi-disciplinary field that supports diverse areas of technology in daily life. There are numerous situations in which rubbing parts must perform reliably over long lifetimes. Materials, lubricants, and surface engineering treatments present numerous choices and challenges for the practicing engineers.

The Encyclopedia of Tribology and Lubrication, Three Volume Set, is intended to be a structured resource to guide users through proven strategies to reduce erosion friction, abrasion wear, and surface damage, while also providing fundamental principles that underlie the problems and mitigation. Data and case studies will highlight the rationale for selecting materials, lubricants, and operating conditions as well as how to apply wear and friction measurements. Standard test methods and supporting techniques, like hardness and surface roughness measuring methodology is also discussed in detail.

Key features

  • Comprehensive coverage offering researchers a one-stop shop for information on tribology and lubrication that is not available easily elsewhere
  • Includes real-world case studies and applications
  • Bridges the gap between foundation-level books and highly-specialized journal content
  • Editorial board composed of world-leading experts in tribology and lubrication

Readership

Undergraduate and postgraduate students, their instructors and also researchers in materials science and materials engineering, as well as mechanical engineering and manufacturing (especially transportation, industrial)

Table of contents

1. Fundamentals of Solid Contact under Relative Motion (sliding, rolling etc.)

2. Friction – Concepts and Applications

3. Wear and Surface Damage

4. Lubrication – Principles and Practice

5. Surface Engineering (coatings, case hardening, etc.)

6. Tribo-related Measurements (hardness, roughness, etc

7. Special Topics (case studies of important applications, historical notes, etc.)

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 2, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

JQ

Jun Qu

Dr. Jun Qu currently is a Corporate Fellow and the Group Leader of Surface Engineering & Tribology in the Materials Science and Technology Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research interests include: advanced lubrication, surface engineering, materials tribology, nanostructured materials, and manufacturing. He has developed 2 ASTM standards, published 3 book chapters and 140+ peer-reviewed journal papers, and received 11 U.S. patents. Dr. Qu’s publications have received 9000+ citations (h index 50) and is among the top 100,000 of the most-cited scientists across all fields. Dr. Qu has received multiple national awards including 2020 UT-Battelle Distinguished Researcher Award, 2014 DOE Vehicle Technologies Office R&D Award, and three R&D 100 Awards or Finalists. He is a Fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) and serves on the Board of Directors for Wear of Materials. Dr Qu is co-Editor-in-Chief for Elsevier’s Encyclopedia of Tribology and Lubrication.

Affiliations and expertise
Corporate Fellow and Group Leader of Surface Engineering and Tribology, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

SH

Stefanie Hanke

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefanie Hanke is Head of the Chair of Materials Science and Engineering in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. The group deals with the correlation of microstructural mechanisms of damage accumulation and failure initiation in metals, both under fatigue and tribological loading. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hanke is member of the Tribology Division Executive Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and has co-organized several international conferences including the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) conference. She is co-Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier's Encyclopedia of Tribology and Lubrication, and Associate Editor on Elsevier's hugely influential Wear journal.