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Marine Tribology
edited by , and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10457 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine equipment; marine vessels; lubrication mechanism; water-lubricated bearing; intelligent lubricating management
Tribology of Nanocomposites 2024
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2912 | Submission Open
Keywords: advancement in nanocomposites for improved tribological behaviour; techniques for tribological measurements; machine learning for the diagnostics of friction; wear; and lubrication
Tackling Emissions from the Internal Combustion Engine: Advances in Piston/Bore Tribology submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5438 | Submission Open
Keywords: internal combustion engine; piston/bore tribology; emissions; piston ring pack; cylinder bore honing; thermal spray coatings; low friction coatings; APS; PTWA; TWAS
Tribology for Lightweighting submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 24702 | Submission Open
Keywords: Lightweight; Automotive contacts; Vehicle efficiency; E-mobility; Advanced high strength steels; Aluminium; Tribology in manufacturing processes  ; Novel lubricants; Surface integrity; Sustainability; Green tribology
Mechanical Tribology and Surface Technology
edited by Zhenpeng He
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 13931 | Submission Open
Keywords: lubrication and sealing technology; tribology research; surface technology; roughness modeling; surface texture
Friction and Wear on the Atomic Scale
edited by Yang Wang and Wen Wang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7518 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanotribology; nanoscale wear; superlubricity; tribochemistry; interfacial bonding; surface adhesion; tribofilm; AFM/TEM; molecular dynamics; first principles
Friction and Wear of Ceramics
edited by Yanchun Zhou, Yongsheng Zhang and Hengzhong Fan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4219 | Submission Open
Keywords: ceramics; ultra-high temperature ceramics; composites; friction; tribology; lubrication
Tribological Research on Transmission Systems
edited by Qingbing Dong, and Bo Zhao
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3881 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanical transmission; tribology; lubrication; friction; wear; fatigue; fracture; competing failure; life prediction; fault diagnosis
Aerospace Tribology
edited by Jimin Xu and Yulei Yang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2371 | Submission Open
Keywords: aerospace; bearings; seals; blade tenon joints; high temperature; cryogenic; extreme situations; coatings; surface texturing; tribometers
Friction and Wear Properties of Composite Coatings in Air and Water
edited by Qianzhi Wang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1184 | Submission Open
Keywords: lubrication; anti-friction; wear-resistant; composite coatings; tribochemistry; water-based lubricants
Frictional Behavior and Wear Performance of Cast Irons, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: cast iron; wear; friction; tribology; heat treatment; coatings; surface treatment; lubrication; microstructure
Progress and Challenges in Lubrication: Green Tribology submission deadline 23 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7206 | Submission Open
Keywords: green tribology; nanoparticles in lubricants; biodegradability; monitoring of lubricants; waste cooking oil; biotribology
Modeling and Characterization of Wear
edited by and Norbert Bader
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2925 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface degradation; wear modelling; wear analysis; abrasion; adhesive wear; sliding wear; fatigue; tribo-corrosion; fretting; molecular dynamics
Recent Advances in Lubricated Tribological Contacts
edited by Marcus Björling and Deepak K. Prajapati
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2363 | Submission Open
Keywords: lubricated tribological contacts; rough contact mechanics; coatings; tribology; lubrication
Recent Advances in Electric Tribology
edited by Wei Cao
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric structure; electrostatics; electric field; quantum friction; electric dissipation
Magnetic Fluid Lubrication Technology
edited by Wei Huang and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: magnetic fluid; lubircation; load carrying capacity; anti-migration; ball bearings
Wear and Friction in Hybrid and Additive Manufacturing Processes
edited by Sougata Roy and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open
Keywords: tribology; hybrid manufacturing; wear behavior; friction performance; surface engineering; contact mechanics
Superlubricity: Current Processes, Prevailing Challenges and Future Perspectives
edited by Qiang Ma
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open
Keywords: superlubricity; negligibly wear; lubrication mechanism; design strategy; industrial applications
The Tribology of Rotor-Bearing Systems
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open
Keywords: friction; lubrication; abrasion; vibration noise; propulsion shafting; nonlinear dynamics
Wear Mechanism Identification and State Prediction of Tribo-Parts
edited by Shuo Wang and Ying Du
submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6035 | Submission Open
Keywords: wear monitoring; wear mechanism identification; wear state prediction; tribological performance; friction and wear; engineering application
Friction–Vibration Interactions
edited by Guo Xiang and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8429 | Submission Open
Keywords: interficial mechanics; friction-indcued vibration; tribo-dynamic; mechanical system; key components; numerical study; experimental study
Tribology in Manufacturing Engineering
edited by Zhengyi Jiang and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3849 | Submission Open
Keywords: tribology; friction; wear; lubrication; eco-friendly lubricants; green manufacturing; contact mechanics; computational mechanics; modelling and simulation; metal working; metal forming; metal machining; metal fabrication; composite materials; micro/nano manufacturing; computer-aided design; computer-aided manufacturing
Tribological Properties of Sprayed Coatings
edited by Hao Lan, Hao Lin and Fengkun Li
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1917 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal spray; cold spray; coating; tribological properties; wear resistance; wear mechanisms
Fundamentals in Building Tribological Digital Twins of Machine Elements, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine elements; bearings; seals; gears; hydrodynamic lubrication; EHL; mixed lubrication; roughness; digital twin; real-time measurement; data assimilation; life prediction
Fundamentals and Applications of Tribocorrosion submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open
Keywords: corrosion; wear; tribocorrosion; coatings; surface modification techniques; testing protocols; degradation mechanisms
Tribology in Vehicle Brake Systems
edited by Long Wei
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: tribology; brake system; brake materials; brake wear particle emissions; brake noise
Wear in Additive Manufacturing
edited by and Zhen Chen
submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4136 | Submission Open
Keywords: modeling and validation of wear in additive manufacturing; wear-resistant materials; coatings; or surface treatments produced through additive manufacturing; relationships between additive manufacturing materials; structures; and processing and their wear behaviors; wear testing methods in additive manufacturing; lubricant properties for wear in additive manufacturing
Tribological Behaviors of Seal Coatings
edited by Siyang Gao and Weihai Xue
submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open
Keywords: seal coating; abradability; high-speed rubbing; blade tip; densification; wear resistance; high temperature; hot corrosion; porous coatings; thermal spraying
Low and Ultra-Low Friction
edited by Wen Wang
submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: tribology; ultra-low friction; superlubricity; friction dissipation; friction control
Tribology of Textured Surfaces
edited by Min Zou, and Robert “Drew” Fleming
submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12426 | Submission Open
Keywords: textured surfaces; friction; wear; lubrication; contact mechanics; surface engineering; microfabrication; nanofabrication; surface design
Friction and Wear of Alloys
edited by , , Ping Zhang and Kai An
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12709 | Submission Open
Keywords: friction and wear properties; wear mechanism; alloys; surface treatment technologies; lubrication conditions
Modeling and Prediction of Wear in Gears
edited by , Huijun Yue and Peng Wang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2440 | Submission Open
Keywords: gear wear; contact mechanics; tribology; material degradation; lubrication dynamics; operational conditions; wear prediction models; surface roughness; condition monitoring; numerical simulations; multiscale modeling; failure analysis; gear design; reliability engineering; dynamic loading conditions
Tribological Properties of Soft Materials
edited by Lu Xu, and Baogang Wang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2385 | Submission Open
Keywords: soft materials; tribological properties; liquids and liquid dispersions; gels and greases; lubrication mechanisms; tribochemical reactions; lubrication control
Wear Resistance and Lubrication Properties of Composites in Extreme Service Conditions submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2191 | Submission Open
Keywords: metal matrix composites; ceramic matrix composites; wear resistance; extreme service conditions; lubricating properties
Minimum Quantity Lubrication: Environmental Alternatives in Processing, 2nd Edition
edited by and Ibrahim Deiab
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1351 | Submission Open
Keywords: minimum quantity lubrication; sustainable machining; green machining; lubrication efficiency; friction reduction; environmentally friendly machining; alternative cooling technique
Advances in Hydrodynamic Friction in Combustion Engines
edited by and Brahim Menacer
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1138 | Submission Open
Keywords: friction; lubrication; tribology; combustion engines
Intelligent Rolling Dynamics: Enhancing Friction and Lubrication in Plate and Strip Mills
edited by Zhiying Gao
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 606 | Submission Open
Keywords: rolling process; friction; lubrication; temperature field; process optimization; dynamics; chatter; stability; structural dynamics; dynamical model; rolling mill vibration; dynamical response; signal processing; industrial data-driven; intelligent rolling
Tribological Study in Machining Processes
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open
Keywords: tribology of materials in machining; friction; tool wear; lubrication engineering; coolant and lubricant in machining; micro and nano coolant and lubricant; metal-working coolants (MWCs); metal-working fluids (MWFs); minimum quantity lubrication (MQL); nanofluid minimum quantity lubrication (NFMQL)
Tribology in Artificial Joints
edited by Zikai Hua, and Hongyu Zhang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotribology; artificial; wear; friction; implant
Tribological Properties of Advanced Cutting Tools
edited by Guangxian Li and Zaiyu Xiang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrahard tool materials; tool wear behavior; high-performance coatings; structured tools; new cooling/lubricating methods
Laser Surface Engineering for Tribology, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: tribology; friction; lubricant; wear; erosion; tribo-corrosion; laser texture; laser cladding; laser modification
Biomaterials and Tribology
edited by Marcia Marie Maru and Rafael Mello Trommer
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomaterials; tribology; biotribology; joint implants; biocompatibility
Recent Advances in High Temperature Tribology submission deadline 10 Apr 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15342 | Submission Open
Keywords: tribology; high temperature lubricant; wear; solid lubricant; simulation and modeling; metal forming; high temperature alloys and ceramics
Advanced Computational Studies in Frictional Contact
edited by and Xiaoxi Qiao
submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2455 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular dynamics simulation; density functional theory; finite element method; multiscale simulation; machine learning; friction; wear; lubrication
Preparation, Tribological Behavior, and Applications of Lubricant Additives
edited by Jincan Yan
submission deadline 20 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8246 | Submission Open
Keywords: lubricant additives; preparation; triblogical behavior; application; surface and interface technology; friction; wear; lubrication; tribology
Tribo-Corrosion: Current Processes, Prevailing Challenges and Future Perspectives
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 948 | Submission Open
Keywords: tribo-corrosion; biological processes; marine renewable energy; turbine blades; coatings; extractive metallurgy
Advances in Ionic Liquids as New Lubricant Materials submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: lubricant additives; ionic liquids; tribology; lubrication regime; stribeck curve; friction; wear; tribofilm formation
Tribological Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered Materials
edited by Takashi Murakami
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open
Keywords: friction and wear; spark plasma sintering; powder metallurgy; metal; ceramics; alloy; intermetallics; resin; composite; tribological mechanisms
Recent Advances in Sealing Technologies
edited by Yan Wang, Qiong Hu, Xiaojun Jin and Zheng Wei
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open
Keywords: sealing technology; fluid lubrication; self-impact seal; dry gas seal; tribology
Friction and Wear Mechanism Under Extreme Environments
edited by Pengpeng Bai
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: lubrication; high temperature; friction mechanism; tribology
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