Tribology for Engineers

<p>Preface</p> <p>List of figures</p> <p>List of tables</p> <p>About the contributors</p> <p>Chapter 1: Surface topography</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>1.1 Introduction</p> <p>1.2 Characteristics of surface layers</p> <p>1.3 Roughness parameters</p> <p>1.4 Statistical aspects</p> <p>1.5 Multiscale characterization of surface topography</p> <p>1.6 Surface roughness measurement</p> <p>1.7 Advanced techniques for surface topography evaluation</p> <p>1.8 Summary</p> <p>Chapter 2: Friction and wear</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>2.1 Friction</p> <p>2.2 Wear</p> <p>Chapter 3: Lubrication and roughness</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>3.1 Introduction</p> <p>3.2 Lubricants</p> <p>3.3 Regimes of lubrication</p> <p>3.4 Reynolds’ equation</p> <p>3.5 Applications of hydrodynamic lubrication theory</p> <p>3.6 Hydrodynamic lubrication of roughened surfaces</p> <p>3.7 Nomenclature</p> <p>3.8 Subscripts</p> <p>3.9 Acknowledgement</p> <p>Chapter 4: Micro/nano tribology</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>4.1 Introduction</p> <p>4.2 Experimental investigation</p> <p>4.3 Theoretical investigation</p> <p>4.4 Summary</p> <p>4.5 Note</p> <p>Chapter 5: Tribology in manufacturing</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>5.1 Friction in manufacturing</p> <p>5.2 Lubrication to control friction in manufacturing</p> <p>5.3 Solid lubrication</p> <p>5.4 Tribology of rolling</p> <p>5.5 Tribology of drawing</p> <p>5.6 Tribology of extrusion</p> <p>5.7 Tribology of forging</p> <p>5.8 Tribology of sheet metalworking</p> <p>5.9 Conclusions</p> <p>Chapter 6: Bio and medical tribology</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>6.1 Bio-tribology</p> <p>6.2 Basic concepts of anatomy and physiology of hip and knee joints</p> <p>6.3 Brief history of hip and knee prostheses</p> <p>6.4 Biomaterials used in hip and knee prostheses</p> <p>6.5 Wear of biomaterials</p> <p>6.6 Wear evaluation</p> <p>6.7 Biological effects of wear</p> <p>6.8 Acknowledgements</p> <p>Index</p>