Tribological Properties of Polymer Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 60
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additively manufactured polymers; fracture mechanics; structural health monitoring; mechanical vibrations
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Interests: additively manufactured polymers; damage mechanics; maintenance engineering; asset management, polymer tribology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue welcomes research related to the tribomechanics of mechanical contacts, which deals with mechanical responses of contact surfaces under different loads, lubrications and surrounding environments. We are primarily encouraging papers establishing theories, models and empirical relationships to describe the mechanics of contact surfaces made of polymers. The influence of manufacturing methods on the resultant properties of polymeric surfaces still needs fundamental discussion on their material properties, friction behaviour and wear resistance. This Special Issue specifically focuses on analytical, numerical and experimental findings related to the mentioned fundamentals. Industrial use cases where polymer-based structures and machine components are analysed for their tribomechanical behaviour and inspection are also included in the scope of this Special Issue.
Dr. Feiyang He
Dr. Muhammad Khan
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- tribology
- surface mechanics
- polymeric contacts
- friction
- wear
- lubrication
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