Green Tribology: Emerging Technologies and Applications

Stachowiak, Gwidon

Tribology and Surface Engineering for Industrial Applications

<p>Tribology is a multidisciplinary science that encompasses mechanical engineering, materials science, surface engineering, lubricants, and additives chemistry with tremendous applications. This book discusses the latest in lubrication engineering and nano- and biotribology. </p>

<p>Tribology is a multidisciplinary science that encompasses mechanical engineering, materials science, surface engineering, lubricants, and additives chemistry with tremendous applications. <i>Tribology and Surface Engineering for Industrial Applications</i> discusses the latest in tribology and surface engineering for industrial applications.</p><p>This book: </p><ul> <li>Offers information on coatings and surface diagnostics</li> <li>Explains a variety of techniques for improved performance</li> <li>Describes applications in automotive, wheel and rail materials, manufacturing, and wind turbines</li> </ul><p>Written for researchers and advanced students, this book encompasses a wide-ranging view of the latest in industrial applications of tribology and surface engineering for a variety of cross-disciplinary applications.</p>

Green tribology includes focus on innovative surfaces, lubricants, and materials to reduce friction and wear for environmental conservation and sustainability. This book creates a platform for sharing knowledge emerging in the field of green tribology and focuses on advances and developments in technologies and applications.

<p>Tribology is a multidisciplinary science that encompasses mechanical engineering, materials science, surface engineering, lubricants, and additives chemistry with tremendous applications. The development of high performance in different material pairs such as metal-metal, ceramic-ceramic, ceramic-polymer and metal-polymer composites is essential to enhancing tribology behaviour. <i>Tribology, Lubrication, and Surface Engineering: Research and Applications, Two-Volume Set</i> provides a systematic and comprehensive account of recent developments and applications in this area. </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Reviews emerging technologies, industrial tribology, and characterization of surface engineering and coatings </li> <p> </p> <li>Discusses how tribology works for machine elements and manufacturing processes </li> <p> </p> <li>Describes the mechanism that drives micro- and nanotribology </li> <p> </p> <li>Covers tribochemistry, tribocorrosion, green tribology, and biotribology </li> <p> </p> <li>Highlights applications and future perspectives </li> </ul><p>Written for researchers and advanced students, this book encompasses a wide-ranging view of the latest in tribology, lubrication, and surface engineering for a variety of cross-disciplinary applications.</p>