Special issue: Complexity, synergy and emergence in tribo-systems: toward thermodynamic-based prediction of wear

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology 38(1) 2010

• Analysis of a grease-lubricated contact from an energy point of view
• Effects of working parameters on the surface roughness in belt grinding process: the size-scale estimation influence
• Relation between entropy, free energy and computational energy
• Local coefficient of friction, sub-surface stresses and temperature distribution during sliding contact
• Model of the effect of local frictional heating on the tribodesorbed gases from metals in ultra-high vacuum
• A new model of the heat transfer in materials: the surfacic potential algorithm
• Influence of frictional energy dissipation on wear regime transition in dry tribo-systems
• Thermodynamic approaches in sliding wear: a review