Entropy 2010, 12(5), 1021-1049; doi:10.3390/e12051021
Review

On the Thermodynamics of Friction and Wear―A Review

M. Amiri and Michael M. Khonsari* email
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 17 March 2010; in revised form: 18 April 2010 / Accepted: 19 April 2010 / Published: 27 April 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entropy and Friction)
PDF Full-text Download PDF Full-Text [612 KB, uploaded 27 April 2010 14:13 CEST]
Abstract: An extensive survey of the papers pertaining to the thermodynamic approach to tribosystems, particularly using the concept of entropy as a natural time base, is presented with a summary of the important contributions of leading researchers.
Keywords: friction; wear; energy dissipation; contact temperature; entropy production; non-equilibrium thermodynamics; self-organization

Article Statistics

Click here to load and display the download statistics.

Cite This Article

MDPI and ACS Style

Amiri, M.; Khonsari, M.M. On the Thermodynamics of Friction and Wear―A Review. Entropy 2010, 12, 1021-1049.

AMA Style

Amiri M, Khonsari MM. On the Thermodynamics of Friction and Wear―A Review. Entropy. 2010; 12(5):1021-1049.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Amiri, M.; Khonsari, Michael M. 2010. "On the Thermodynamics of Friction and Wear―A Review." Entropy 12, no. 5: 1021-1049.

Entropy EISSN 1099-4300 Published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland RSS E-Mail Table of Contents Alert