Handbook of Polymer Tribology Intro Contents Preface Acknowledgments About the Contributors Part I Bulk Polymers Chapter 1 Adhesion and Friction of Polymers and Polymer Composites 1. Introduction 2. Polymers and Polymer Composites 3. Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Based Materials 4. Adhesion of Polymers 4.1. Thermodynamics of adhesion 4.2. Interfacial adhesion 4.3. Contact adhesion 4.4. Contact of rough surfaces 4.5. Contact of rough surfaces with adhesion 4.6. Measurement of contact adhesion 4.7. Contact mechanics of layered polymer films 5. Friction of Polymer over the Hard Counterface 5.1. Effect of load on friction 5.2. Effect of sliding velocity on friction 5.3. Effect of temperature on friction 6. Wear of Polymers 6.1. Abrasive wear 6.2. Adhesive wear and friction transfer 6.3. Fatigue wear 7. Friction of Polymer Composites with Nanofillers 7.1. Polymer materials with nanofillers 7.2. Frictional behavior of elastomers with nanofiller 8. Conclusions References Chapter 2 In Situ Observation to Improve the Analysis of the Scratch Damage of Coated Polymeric Surfaces 1. Introduction 2. Experimental Procedure 2.1. Samples 2.2. The scratch test apparatus 3. Analysis of Damage of Coatings 3.1. Mechanisms of the scratching damage 3.2. Dependence of the delaminated area on the temperature and scratching velocity 3.3. Blistering mechanism 3.4. General criteria for blistering and cracking phenomena 4. Global Energy Balance of a Scratch 4.1. Experimental case to be analyzed 4.2. Description of the global energy balance 4.3. Contributions of Phenomena and Discussion on the Blistering Process 5. Conclusions References Chapter 3 Wear of UHMWPE for Joint Prosthesis 1. Introduction 2. Physical Factor Relating to Joint kinematics.