Thermomechanical Tribological Behaviors and Damage Failure in Engineering Applications
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 44
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermomechanical tribology; friction and wear; fatigue and fracture
Interests: reliability design; intelligent detection; fault diagnosis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The problem of thermomechanical tribology involves frictional behavior under the simultaneous action of heat and mechanical loads, including friction, wear, thermal deformation, and stress distribution. Thermomechanical loads can cause changes in material properties and lead to various forms of damage such as wear, hot spots, and the initiation and propagation of thermal cracks, which affect the performance and service life of the system. Therefore, the investigation of thermomechanical tribological behaviors and damage failure is an inevitable topic in engineering applications.
The goal of this Special Issue is to gather the contributions and progress of leading scientists in the field of thermomechanical tribological behaviors and damage failure in engineering applications. The scope includes the mechanism and characteristics of thermomechanical friction and wear, the mechanism of material microstructure and performance changes, the self-excited vibration and temperature rise mechanism of friction interface, the prediction method of thermomechanical tribology behavior, thermal fatigue damage and thermal crack initiation/propagation, heat dissipation measures and thermal management technology, high-temperature lubrication failure, selection of high-temperature friction materials, high-temperature wear-resistant design, etc. We welcome all scientists working in the fields of tribology, fatigue and fracture, thermodynamics, dynamics, contact mechanics, damage mechanics, materials science, and other related fields to contribute to this Special Issue.
Dr. Chun Lu
Dr. Zhiqiang Li
Dr. Hongqin Liang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermomechanical tribology
- friction and wear
- thermal crack
- fatigue and fracture
- thermodynamics, dynamics, contact mechanics, damage mechanics, materials science
- wear mechanism
- hot spots
- high-temperature lubrication
- wear-resistant
- simulation and testing methods
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