Green Tribology: New Insights toward a Sustainable World
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 22347
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomechanics; (bio) tribology; human movement analysis; computational mechanics
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Interests: biotribology; computational biomechanics; motion analysis; vibration analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this particular period we are living in due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ecological issues assume more and more importance in the framework of a sustainable environment. In this framework, green tribology, defined as “the science and technology of the tribological aspects of ecological balance and environmental and biological impacts”, represents a modern and interesting direction in scientific research, aimed to explore the role of tribological investigation regarding saving energy and, in general, the ecological environment. Green tribology is an emerging and actual area of tribological science. It can be viewed as an interdisciplinary topic, which includes mainly classical tribology, chemical engineering, materials science, energy, green lubrication, and environmental sciences, with the purpose to improve the efficiency in processes (cleaner production) and machine components, by minimizing friction, wear, and, in general, dangerous pollution, in order to protect the environment and to improve the quality of life. Therefore, the main goals of green tribology are the minimization of friction and wear, and the reduction in or complete elimination of lubrication, including self-lubrication (natural and biodegradable lubrication). Green tribology is also devoted to the study of biomimetics, sustainable chemistry, surface texturing, environmental implications of coatings, real-time monitoring, design for degradation, and sustainable energy applications. Recent investigations report that “…by applying for advances in Green Tribology in terms of new surfaces, materials and lubrication technologies, the total global energy loss in tribological systems could be decreased by 18% in the next 8 years and up to 40% in the next 15 years. An additional advantage of environmentally friendly Green Tribology is a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and economic costs”.
This research topic aims to collect manuscripts within, but not limited to, the following research areas:
- Contact mechanics;
- Modeling and minimization of friction and wear;
- Tribology of biodegradable materials;
- Environmentally friendly lubrication;
- Superlubricity;
- Sustainable chemistry and green engineering principles;
- Biomimetic and self-lubricating materials;
- Surface texturing, coatings, and their environmental implications;
- Real-time monitoring, analysis, and control of tribological systems;
- Tribology of renewable and/or sustainable sources of energy;
- Design for degradation.
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Ruggiero
Dr. Lorenza Mattei
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- friction
- wear
- lubrication
- biodegradable
- green lubricants
- superlubricity
- biomimetic
- surface texturing
- coatings
- real-time monitoring
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