Overview
- Offers an engineering approach to friction and wear problems
- Provides specific guidelines on the selection of materials and surface treatments
- Includes a chapter presenting numerous applications in the field of mechanical engineering and manufacturing
Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering (STME)
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About this book
This book introduces the basic concepts of contact mechanics, friction, lubrication, and wear mechanisms, providing simplified analytical relationships that are useful for quantitative assessments. Subsequently, an overview on the main wear processes is provided, and guidelines on the most suitable design solutions for each specific application are outlined. The final part of the text is devoted to a description of the main materials and surface treatments specifically developed for tribological applications and to the presentation of tribological systems of particular engineering relevance. The text is up to date with the latest developments in the field of tribology and provides a theoretical framework to explain friction and wear problems, together with practical tools for their resolution. The text is intended for students on Engineering courses (both bachelor and master degrees) who must develop a sound understanding of friction, wear, lubrication, and surface engineering, and fortechnicians or professionals who need to solve tribological problems in their work.
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Giovanni Straffelini is associate professor of Metallurgy at University of Trento, Italy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Friction and Wear
Book Subtitle: Methodologies for Design and Control
Authors: Giovanni Straffelini
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05894-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05893-1Published: 14 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35931-1Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05894-8Published: 03 April 2015
Series ISSN: 2195-9862
Series E-ISSN: 2195-9870
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 283
Number of Illustrations: 183 b/w illustrations
Topics: Engineering Design, Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes, Physical Chemistry, Nanotechnology