ADVANCED TRIBOLOGY

Course Code: MDE4204

L-T-P :3-1-0 Credit Units:4

1. Introduction
Introduction to teratology and its historical background Industrial importance Factors
influencing tribological phenomena

2. Engineering Surfaces-Properties and Measurement

Engineering surfaces -surface characterization computation of surface parameters. Surface
measurement techniques. Apparent and real area of contact., Contact of engineering surfaces.

3. Surface Contact
Hertzian and Non-hertzian contact. Contact pressure and deformation in non-conformal
contacts.

4. Frition
Genesis of friction, friction in contacting rough surfaces, sliding and rolling friction, Various
laws and theory of friction. Stick slip friction behavior, frictional heating and temperature
rise. Friction measurement techniques.

5. Wear
Wear and wear types. Mechanisms of wear -Adhesive, abrasive, corrosive, erosion, fatigue,
fretting, etc., wear of metals and non-metals. Wear models – asperity contact, constant and
variable wear rate, geometrical influence in wear models, wear damage. Wear in various
mechanical components, wear controlling techniques.

6. Lubrication
Introduction to lubrication Lubrication regimes Lubricants and their properties. Solid
Lubricants.

7. Nanotribology
Introduction to micro and nano iridology. Measurement tools used in nanotribology: SFA,
STM, AFM microscale and nanoscale wear Nanofabrication/nanomachining
Nanohydrodynamics Nanolubrication Tribological issues in MEMS.

Books Recommended:

1. “Engineering Tribology” by Prasanta Sahoo, PHI.

2. “Engineering Tribology” by Stachowiak & Batchelor, Elsevier.
3. “Nanotribology and Nanomechanics: An Introduction” by Bharat Bhushan, Springer.
4. “Nanotribology” by Hsu & Ying, Springer.