Advances in Polymer Friction and Wear (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Polymer Surface Lubrication and Solid Lubricants.- Introductory Remarks.- Visco- elastohydrodynamics: Lubricated Elastomeric Contacts.- Dry-Lubrication: Self-Lubricating Composites Versus Bonded Thin-Film Lubricants.- Polymeric Composite Materials for the Lubrication of Rolling Bearings.- Fluoropolymer Solid Lubricants.- Migration Phenomena in Silicone Modified Polystyrene.- Wear Characteristics of Silicone Modified Polystyrene.- Polymer Properties and Wear.- Introductory Remarks.- Friction, Wear and Surface Melting of Crystalline Polymers.- The Wear of High Molecular Weight Polyethylene with Particular Reference to its Use in Artificial Human Joints.- Variables Affecting Polymer Wear in Artificial Human Joints.- Structure, Properties, and Wear Resistance of Polyethylene.- Mechano-Chemistry and Polyvinyl Chloride Wear.- Friction and Wear of Polymeric Composites.- Introductory Remarks.- Thermally Anisotropic Plastics Bearing Materials.- Wear of Resin Asbestos Friction Materials.- Wear Mechanisms of Polymers at Cryogenic Temperatures.- Wear Characteristics of Fluoropolymer Composites.- Wear by Paper on Nylon Matrix Composites.