Fundamentals of Friction: Macroscopic and Microscopic Processes
By: edited by I. L. Singer, H. M. Pollock
Contributors: Pollock, H. M.
Series: NATO ASI Series, Series E: Applied Sciences -- 220; NATO ASI Series, Series E: Applied Sciences -- 220
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 621
ISBN-13: 9789401052498; 9789401128117
Subjects: Physical organic chemistry; Mechanics; Surfaces (Physics); Physics
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Fundamentals of Friction, Braunlage, Harz, Germany, July 29-August 9, 1991
Description: Fundamentals of Friction, unlike many books on tribology, is devoted to one specific topic: friction. After introductory chapters on scientific and engineering perspectives, the next section contains the necessary background within the areas of contact mechanics, surfaces and adhesion. Then on to fracture, deformation and interface shear, from the macroscopic behavior of materials in frictional contact to microscopic models of uniform and granular interfaces. Lubrication by solids, liquids and gases is presented next, from classical flow properties to the reorganization of monolayers of molecules under normal and shear stresses. A section on new approaches at the nano- and atomic scales covers the physics and chemistry of interfaces, an array of visually exciting simulations, using molecular dynamics, of solids and liquids in sliding contact, and related AFM/STM studies. Following a section on machines and measurements, the final chapter discusses future issues in friction.
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