Advanced Methods for Wear Condition Monitoring
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wear debris analysis; wear mechanism identification; machine condition monitoring
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Special Issue Information
Wear is a fundamental and unavoidable failure mode of tribological pairs, involving various forms depending on the underlying physical and chemical mechanisms. Accurate wear surface analysis, damage detection, and the continuous monitoring of wear states are critical for understanding wear progression and preventing catastrophic failures in mechanical systems.
This Special Issue invites original research and comprehensive review articles focusing on the latest advances in wear surface analysis, oil monitoring techniques, and wear mechanism identification. Emphasis is placed on damage detection methods and the development of intelligent diagnostic algorithms and their practical applications in wear state monitoring. Both experimental investigations and numerical modeling studies are welcome.
The goal of this Special Issue is to bring together multidisciplinary efforts that enhance the understanding of wear phenomena, foster innovation in damage detection and monitoring technologies, and promote the integration of intelligent diagnostic tools for reliable wear state assessment in tribo-pairs.
Dr. Shuo Wang
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Lubricants is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- Wear analysis
- Oil monitoring
- Wear mechanism identification
- Intelligent diagnostic algorithms and applications
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