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Tribology: Latest Advances and Prospects
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Dear Colleagues,
Tribology, from the Greek 'Τριβος' "tribos" and 'λόγος ‘" logos ", is defined as the science and technology of surfaces interacting in relative motion. This term is attributed to David Tabor and Peter Jost, who introduced it in 1966 in the popular Jost report: “Lubrication: Tribology; Education and Research; Report on the Present Position and Industry's Needs ".
Tribology, therefore, studies friction, lubrication, and wear and all those phenomena which can occur between interacting surfaces, even in the presence of lubricating fluids.
Moreover, recently, Biotribology represents one of the most interesting areas of Tribology, applied to the study of biological systems. The word “biotribology” was introduced by Dowson in 1970 as “those aspects of tribology concerned with biological systems” and represents a fascinating multidisciplinary Research Topic, focused on the study of friction, wear and lubrication of the natural and artificial synovial joint, wear of dentures, ocular tribology, wear of cardiac valves and lubrication of artificial heart pumps, tribology of artificial screws and plates against natural bone, the comfort of clothes, tribology for assessing mouthfeel attributes of foods, etc.
The aim of this topic could be to attract recent and relevant research in the following fields:
- Fundamentals of the physics of friction and contact mechanics;
- Lubrication;
- Wear;
- Tribology in biological systems (Biotribology);
- Interaction of friction with dynamical systems;
- Novel materials tribological behavior, including green materials;
- Mechanical measurement in tribology;
- Numerical simulation methods in tribology and in biotribology (in-silico trials);
- Tribological issues in mechanical engineering, medicine, production (Industry 4.0), etc.
Dr. Ramin Rahmani
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Ruggiero
Topic Editors
Keywords
- contact
- friction
- wear
- lubrication
- biotribology
Participating Journals
| Journal Name | Impact Factor | CiteScore | Launched Year | First Decision (median) | APC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Applied Sciences
|
2.5 | 5.5 | 2011 | 18.4 Days | CHF 2400 |
Vibration
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1.9 | 3.4 | 2018 | 29.3 Days | CHF 1600 |
Lubricants
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3.1 | 4.5 | 2013 | 14.6 Days | CHF 2600 |
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