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Tribology for engineers : a practical guide /

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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Davim, J. Paulo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Woodhead Pub., 2011.
Colección:Woodhead Publishing in mechanical engineering.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
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  • Cover; Tribology for Engineers: A practical guide; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of figures; List of tables; About the contributors; 1 Surface topography; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Characteristics of surface layers; 1.3 Roughness parameters; 1.4 Statistical aspects; 1.5 Multiscale characterization of surface topography; 1.6 Surface roughness measurement; 1.7 Advanced techniques for surface topography evaluation; 1.8 Summary; 1.9 References; 2 Friction and wear; 2.1 Friction; 2.2 Wear; 2.3 References; 3 Lubrication and roughness; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Lubricants; 3.3 Regimes of lubrication.
  • 3.4 Reynolds' equation3.5 Applications of hydrodynamic lubrication theory; 3.6 Hydrodynamic lubrication of roughened surfaces; 3.7 Nomenclature; 3.8 Subscripts; 3.9 Acknowledgement; 3.10 References; 4 Micro/nano tribology; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Experimental investigation; 4.3 Theoretical investigation; 4.4 Summary; 4.5 Note; 4.6 References; 5 Tribology in manufacturing; 5.1 Friction in manufacturing; 5.2 Lubrication to control friction in manufacturing; 5.3 Solid lubrication; 5.4 Tribology of rolling; 5.5 Tribology of drawing; 5.6 Tribology of extrusion; 5.7 Tribology of forging.
  • 5.8 Tribology of sheet metalworking5.9 Conclusions; 5.10 References; 6 Bio and medical tribology; 6.1 Bio-tribology; 6.2 Basic concepts of anatomy and physiology of hip and knee joints; 6.3 Brief history of hip and knee prostheses; 6.4 Biomaterials used in hip and knee prostheses; 6.5 Wear of biomaterials; 6.6 Wear evaluation; 6.7 Biological effects of wear; 6.8 Acknowledgements; 6.9 References; Index.