Tribology on the Small Scale
A Bottom Up Approach to Friction, Lubrication, and Wear
Published on 27. December 2007
Book
Hardback
348 pages
978-0-19-852678-0 (ISBN)
Description
Friction, lubrication, adhesion, and wear are prevalent physical phenomena in everyday life and in many key technologies. This book explains how these tribological phenomena originate from atomistic and microscale physical phenomena and shows how this understanding can be used to solve macroscale tribology problems. The book is intended to serve both as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in tribology and as an introduction to the field for
those scientists and engineers working with technologies where a good grasp of tribology is essential.
those scientists and engineers working with technologies where a good grasp of tribology is essential.
Reviews / Votes
This book covers topics not typically found in Tribology texts emphasising how macroscopic tribological phenomena originate at the atomic and molecular level. * J. Paulo Davim International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering * 'Tribology on the Small Scale' is an eminently readable book...I think the book is most useful to post-graduate research students and industrial researchers as a general initiator to the field of small-scale tribology. This community is significant and the book will serve a very useful purpose. * Tribology Letters * The author has brought all the essential topics together and written a superb book, lively and fascinating. * Current Engineering Practice *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
164 b+w line drawings and 7 b+w halftones
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
729 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-852678-0 (9780198526780)
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Person
Dr C. Mathew Mate
Hitachi San Jose Research Center, California
Mathew Mate received his Bachelor's in Engineering Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the same university in 1986. He joined the IBM Almaden Research Center as a postdoc in 1986 and became a permanent member of the research staff in 1988. In 2003, Mathew became part of the Research Center of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies when IBM sold its disk drive business to Hitachi. While working at IBM and Hitachi, he has become one of the
pioneers of elucidating how friction and lubrication occur at the atomic and molecular level and applying this knowledge to practical technology problems such as disk drive reliability. In 2001, he was awarded the MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society in recognition of his pioneering studies of
friction at the atomic and molecular level.
Hitachi San Jose Research Center, California
Mathew Mate received his Bachelor's in Engineering Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the same university in 1986. He joined the IBM Almaden Research Center as a postdoc in 1986 and became a permanent member of the research staff in 1988. In 2003, Mathew became part of the Research Center of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies when IBM sold its disk drive business to Hitachi. While working at IBM and Hitachi, he has become one of the
pioneers of elucidating how friction and lubrication occur at the atomic and molecular level and applying this knowledge to practical technology problems such as disk drive reliability. In 2001, he was awarded the MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society in recognition of his pioneering studies of
friction at the atomic and molecular level.
Content
1. Introduction ; 2. Characterizing Surface Roughness ; 3. Mechanical Properties of Solids and Real Area of Contact ; 4. Friction ; 5. Surface Energy and Capillary Pressure ; 6. Relationship Between Surface Energy and Surface Forces ; 7. Physical Origins of Surface Forces ; 8. Measuring Surface Forces ; 9. Lubrication ; 10. Lubrication in Tight Spots ; 11. Atomistic Origins of Friction ; 12. Wear