Fundamentals of tribology.9781848161849Fundamentals of tribology tribology Study of the interactions of sliding surfaces. It includes three subjects: friction, wear, and lubrication. Many manifestations of tribology are beneficial and make modern life possible. . Gohar, R. and H. Rahnejat. Imperial College Press 2008 391 pages $76.00 Hardcover TJ1075 The study of lubrication lubrication, introduction of a substance between the contact surfaces of moving parts to reduce friction and to dissipate heat. A lubricant may be oil, grease, graphite, or any substance—gas, liquid, semisolid, or solid—that permits free action of and wear leads to improvements in everything from a racing car's engine to face cream. Tribologists also contribute to the development of artificial body joints and tissues. This classroom text provides simple approximate solutions to practical problems, and considers the availability of sophisticated computer systems, even to the lowliest undergraduate. Gohar (Imperial College London History Imperial College was founded in 1907, with the merger of the City and Guilds College, the Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Science (all of which had been founded between 1845 and 1878) with these entities continuing to exist as "constituent colleges". ) and Rahnejat (Loughborough U.) guide students gently through chief concepts and algorithms, addressing the nature of rough surfaces and their mathematical representations, elastic solids in normal contact, dry a friction and when air, lubricant Lubricant A gas, liquid, or solid used to prevent contact of parts in relative motion, and thereby reduce friction and wear. In many machines, cooling by the lubricant is equally important. properties, the Reynolds and energy equations, thrust bearings, journal bearings, externally pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. , elastohydrodynamic lubrication, the fatigue life of rolling element bearings, transient elastohydrodynamic lubrication, nanotribology, and biotribology. Distributed by World Scientific. As it contains solutions to all exercises, this text could also serve as a self-study guide. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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