Tribology of Interface Layers (Hardcover)

Historical Perspective Prehistory to the Renaissance (5000 BC?1450 AD) The Renaissance (1450?1600) The Preindustrial and Industrial Eras (1600?1850) The Scientific Era (1850?1925) The Space Age (1945?Present) The Rheology of Interface Layers General Considerations Newtonian Fluids Viscoelastic Substances Two-Phase Systems Powder Films The Phenomenology of Lubrication Contradictions to Hydrodynamic Theory Triboparticulates as Lubricants General Observations Direct Contact?Hydrodynamic Continuum Dry Friction and Wear Coatings and Dry Lubricants Boundary Lubrication Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication (EHL) Continuum Aspects Hydrodynamic?Solid Films Continuum Hydrodynamic Films Rheodynamic Lubricants Triboparticulate Layers Granular Flow Layers Continuum Aspects Experimental Performance of Powder Layers The Morphology of Powders Thermodynamic Properties Rheological Characteristics Powder Flow and Velocity Tribological Qualities of Powders Powder-Lubricated Devices Sliders Journal Bearings Dampers Piston Rings Theory of Powder Lubrication Analysis Slider Bearings Crowned Sliders Granular Films Continuum Approach Discrete Particles Approach The Tribological Continuum Historical Overview Overlapping Tribological Regimes The Tribological Continuum Index