Tribology, the study of adhesion, friction, lubrication and wear of materials, occupies an important position in science and technology. It is a multidisciplinary in nature, covering fields of mechanical engineering, rhelogy, chemistry, material science and physics. This volume containing refereed contribution to the three-day international conference on 'Frontiers of Tribology' held in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1991 is therefore a valuable source of reference for designers, physicists, engineers, researchers and manufacturers interested in latest developments in the field.
Foreword
Introductory Paper
Tribology and Physics
D Tabor
Adhesion
Adhesion of nanoparticles within spray-dried agglomerates
K Kendall and T P Weihs
Adherence of natural rubber sheets subjected to biacial tensile strain
E Felder and M Barquins
Effect of compounding on the adhesion of rubber to medium carbon steel
L A Reeves and D E Packham
The effect of surface topography on the adhesion of poly(urethane)-metal contacts
B J Briscoe and S S Panesar
Friction
Friction of surgeons’ gloves
A D Roberts and C A Brackley
The friction and wear of diamond sliding on diamond
Z Feng and J E Field
An energy dispersive x-ray and imaging x-ray photoelectron spectrosocopical study of transfer film chemistry and its influence on friction coefficient
A Wirth and R Whitaker
Micromechanical modelling of load-dependent friction in contacts of elastic spheres
U Tuzun and O R Walton
Microdistortion of polymer surfaces by friction
E Hamada and R Kaneko
Lubrication
On the nature of the transfer film at the interface of a water-lubricated sliding polymer-metal couple
K Marcus, A Ball and C Allen
The effect of substrate surface roughness on the friction and wear of sputtered MoS2 films
E W Roberts, B J Williams and J A Ogilvy
Evaluation of very think lubricant films
Y Andoh, S Oguchi, R Kaneko and T Miyamoto
Boundary lubrication of rubber by aqueous surfactant
S C Richards and A D Roberts
Abrasive wear in lubricated contacts
J A Williams and A M Hyncica
Fluid-film lubrication in the internal combustion engine: an invited review
C M Taylor
An elastohydrodynamic analysis of a misaligned sterntube bearing
R W Jakeman
Mathematical analysis of the performance of tilting-pad journal bearing under static load
W B Fu and Z M Jin
The behavior of greases in elastohydrodynamic contacts
P M Cann, B P Williamson, R C Coy and H A Spikes
The squeeze-film lubricaton of ellipsoids
M A A Bedewi, D Dowson and C M Taylor
Developments in fluorinated liquid lubricants and lubricant additives
K Johns, C Corti, L Montagna and P Srinivasan
Effect of extreme-pressure additives on fatigue life of rolling bearings
G T Y Wan, E v Amerongen and H Lankamp
Mechanism of oil and lubricant action under transient conditions of bearing operation
N F Dmitrichenko, R G Mnatsakanov, M V Raiko and V G Grabchak
Wear
The generation of wear surfaces
J A Williams and Y Xie
Frictional temperature field and its relationship to the trastition of wear mechanisms of steel 52100
You Wang, Tingquan Lei, Mufu Yan and Caiqiao Gao
Computer simulation of the effect of pre-oxidation in erosion-corrosion enviornments
M M Stack, F H Stott and G C Wood
Updating the fracture theory of wear
Y Kimura
The formation of glass in the wear of reaction-bonded silicon nitride
M G Gee
The influence of temperature on the friction and wear of thin ceramic coatings in carbon dioxide
F H Stott, D R G Micthell and G C Wood
Selection of wear-resistant materials for the petrochemical industry
D Cooper, F A Davis and R J K Wood
The role of water in the wear of ceramics
J K Lancaster, Y A H Mashal and A G Atkins
Ductile-brittle transitions and wear maps for the erosion and abrasion of brittle materials
I M Hutchings
A model for the erosice wear of rubber at oblique impact angles
J C Arnold and I M Hutchings
The application of confocal scanning microcopy to the examination of ceramic wear surfaces
M G Gee and N J McCormick
Surface Topography
Residual stress and surface roughness in fretting fatigue
R B Waterhouse and A J Trowsdale
Metrological characterization of polymeric bearings at the nanometmre level
S T Smith, S Harb and D G Chetwynd
The classification of rough surface contacts in relation to tribiology
C Y Poon and R S Sayles
The effect of crystal oreientation on the indentation cracking and hardness of MgO single crystals
M Y Khan, L M Brown and M M Chaudhri
Mechanical wear models for metallic surfaces in sliding contact
B S Hockenhull, E M kopalinksy and P L B Oxley
Contact mechanics: needs for metallic surfaces in sliding contact
M Godet, Y Berthier, M C Dubourg and L Vincent
Relocatable 3D surface mapping quantifies asperity polishing and limiting oil-film thickness
D R Bury, D R Eastham and J M Conway-Jones
Surface engineering
Surface engineering… an enigma of choices
R S Cowan and W O Winer
Wear resistance and structure of (Ti, Al)N coatings
A V Byeli, A A MInevich, A V Stepanenko, L A Gick and O V Kholodilov
Surface engineering: its current and future impact on tribology
T Bell
Simulation of the tribological behavior of tools for cutting ductile materials
K H Habig and G Meier zu Kocker
A transient elastohydrodynamic lubrication analysis of a cam and follower
D Dowson, C M Taylor and G Zhu
Factors affecting the durability of repeatedly stressed flexible magnetic recording media
J L Sullivan and P J Sharma
The effect of head-cleaning agents on the wear mechanisms of video heads
L A Reeves and J L Sullivan
Closing Paper
Developments in lubrication—the thinning film
D Dowson
Biography
A.D Roberts Malaysian Rubber Producers' Research Assoication, Hertford, UK.
