Introduction to Tribology

Foreword

Preface

1 Introduction

1.1 De.nition and History of Tribology

1.2 Industrial Signi.cance of Tribology

1.3 Origins and Signi.cance of Micro/Nanotribology

1.4 Organization of the Book

References

2 Solid Surface Characterization

2.1 The Nature of Surfaces

2.2 Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Surface Layers

2.3 Analysis of Surface Roughness

2.4 Measurement of Surface Roughness

2.5 Closure

References

Suggested Reading

3 Contact between Solid Surfaces

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Analysis of the Contacts

3.3 Measurement of the Real Area of Contact

3.4 Closure

References

Suggested Reading

4 Adhesion

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Solid-Solid Contact

4.3 Liquid-Mediated Contact

4.4 Closure

References

Suggested Reading

5 Friction

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Solid-Solid Contact

5.3 Liquid-Mediated Contact

5.4 Friction of Materials

5.5 Closure

References

Suggested Reading

6 Interface Temperature of Sliding Surfaces

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Thermal Analysis

6.3 Interface Temperature Measurements

6.4 Closure

References

7 Wear

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Types of Wear Mechanisms

7.3 Types of Particles Present in Wear Debris

7.4 Wear of Materials

7.5 Closure

References

Suggested Reading

8 Fluid Film Lubrication

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Regimes of Fluid Film Lubrication

8.3 Viscous Flow and Reynolds Equation

8.4 Hydrostatic Lubrication

8.5 Hydrodynamic Lubrication

8.6 Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

8.7 Closure

References

Suggested Reading

9 Boundary Lubrication and Lubricants

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Boundary Lubrication

9.3 Liquid Lubricants

9.4 Greases

9.5 Closure

References

Suggested Reading

10 Micro/Nanotribology

10.1 Introduction

10.2 SFA Studies

10.3 AFM/FFM

10.4 Atomic-Scale Simulations

10.5 Closure

References

Suggested Reading

11 Friction and Wear Screening Test

Dr. Bharat Bhushan received an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971, an M.S. in mechanics and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1973 and 1976, respectively, an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, NY in 1980, Doctor Technicae from the University of Trondheim at Trondheim, Norway in 1990, a Doctor of Technical Sciences from the Warsaw University of Technology at Warsaw, Poland in 1996, and Doctor Honoris Causa from the Metal-Polymer Research Institute of National Academy of Sciences at Gomel, Belarus in 2000. He is a registered professional engineer (mechanical) and presently an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Research Faculty Advisor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and the Director of the Nanotribology Laboratory for Information Storage & MEMS/NEMS (NLIM) at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He is an internationally recognized expert of tribology on the macro- to nanoscales, and is one of the most prolific authors in the field. He is considered by some a pioneer of the tribology and mechanics of magnetic storage devices and a leading researcher in the fields of nanotribology and nanomechanics using scanning probe microscopy and applications to micro/nanotechnology.