Biotribology (PDF)

Tribology is the "science and technology of interacting
surfaces in relative motion" and encompasses the study of
friction, wear and lubrication. By extension biotribology is
usually defined as the tribological phenomena occurring in either
the human body or in animals. Therefore, it is possible to consider
tribological processes that may occur after implantation of an
artificial device in the human body and the tribological processes
naturally occurring in or on the tissues and organ of animals.
Animals, including humans, possess a wide variety of sliding and
frictional interfaces.



The authors aim to provide some advances in research in
biotribology. They cover several aspects of biotribology such as
tribology of synovial joints and artificial replacements; wear of
screws and plates in bone fractures repair; wear of denture and
restorative materials; friction of the skin and comfort of
clothing; wear of replacement heart valves; tribology of contact
lenses and ocular tribology; biotribology on the microscale and
nanoscale levels, etc.

This book can be used as a research text for final undergraduate
engineering courses (for example, materials, biomedical, etc.) or
for those studying the subject of biotribology at the postgraduate
level. It can also serve as a useful reference for academics,
biomechanical researchers, biologists, chemists, physicists,
biomedicals and materials engineers, and other professionals in
related engineering, medicine and biomedical industries.