Engineering Tribology
- 5th Edition - March 17, 2025
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Authors: Gwidon Stachowiak, Andrew W Batchelor
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 1 4 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 1 5 0 - 2
Engineering Tribology, Fifth Edition takes an interdisciplinary approach to key concepts and engineering implications of tribology, bringing together the relevant knowledge needed… Read more
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Engineering Tribology, Fifth Edition takes an interdisciplinary approach to key concepts and engineering implications of tribology, bringing together the relevant knowledge needed from different fields to achieve effective analysis and control of friction and wear. This edition has been updated to include new content on the computational evaluation of cavitation effects in hydrodynamic bearings, the electrical properties of lubricants, coverage of gas and foil bearings, local directional, fractal signature methods, tribochemistry and mechanical activation, removal of oxide films, models of mechanical activation, advancing tribology with artificial intelligence, modeling, and simulation, and much more.
Suitable as an introductory text, this book is also relevant for those working in applied chemistry and bioengineering.
Suitable as an introductory text, this book is also relevant for those working in applied chemistry and bioengineering.
- Offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of the mechanisms of lubrication, friction, and wear
- Updated to include new coverage of tribochemistry, modeling and simulation techniques, impact wear in percussion drilling, local direction fractal signature methods, artificial intelligence and tribology, and more
- Outlines new modeling and simulation techniques, introduces the topic of superlubricity, and discusses the reactive nature of commonly used metals
Undergraduate and post-graduate students in the field of mechanical and materials engineering; academic researchers
1. Introduction to Engineering Tribology
2. Physical properties of lubricants
3. Lubricants and their composition
4. Hydrodynamic lubrication
5. Computational hydrodynamics
6. Hydrostatic lubrication
7. Elastohydrodynamic lubrication
8. Boundary and extreme pressure lubrication
9. Solid lubrication and surface treatments
10. Fundamentals of contact between solids
11. Abrasive, erosive and cavitation wear
12. Adhesion and adhesive wear
13. Corrosive and oxidative wear
14. Fatigue wear
15. Fretting and minor wear mechanisms
16. Wear of non-metallic materials
17. Future directions in tribology
18. Appendix
2. Physical properties of lubricants
3. Lubricants and their composition
4. Hydrodynamic lubrication
5. Computational hydrodynamics
6. Hydrostatic lubrication
7. Elastohydrodynamic lubrication
8. Boundary and extreme pressure lubrication
9. Solid lubrication and surface treatments
10. Fundamentals of contact between solids
11. Abrasive, erosive and cavitation wear
12. Adhesion and adhesive wear
13. Corrosive and oxidative wear
14. Fatigue wear
15. Fretting and minor wear mechanisms
16. Wear of non-metallic materials
17. Future directions in tribology
18. Appendix
- Edition: 5
- Published: March 17, 2025
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
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Gwidon Stachowiak
Gwidon W. Stachowiak is an Emeritus Professor at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, working in tribology for more than 40 years. He has taught tribology in Australia, Japan, and Switzerland. His research interests include the development of methods for description of multiscale 3D surface topographies, tribocorrosion, and optimization of 3D surface textures for hydrodynamic contacts. He was awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, and the Tribology Gold Medal.
Affiliations and expertise
Curtin University, Perth, Western AustraliaAB
Andrew W Batchelor
Andrew W. Batchelor has been involved in tribology for 30 years and has taught tribology at universities in Australia, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and India. He has written books on topics relating to materials degradation, biomaterials and bioengineering. Andrew is the founding editor of a book series on biomaterials and has projects on the useful application of friction and wear phenomena.
Affiliations and expertise
The Australia National University, Canberra, AustraliaRead Engineering Tribology on ScienceDirect