ABSTRACT

To this point, the field of lubrication has been conceptualized using several noncontiguous modes of operation- boundary, fluid-film, and dry and solid lubrication. Engineers and analysts have long had to deal with old evidence that many tribological devices, such as flat surface and centrally pivoted sliders, can act as viable bearings- contradict

chapter 1|14 pages

Historical Perspective

chapter 2|82 pages

The Rheology of Interface Layers

chapter 3|28 pages

The Phenomenology of Lubrication

chapter 4|48 pages

Direct Contact—Hydrodynamic Continuum

chapter 5|66 pages

Hydrodynamic-Solid Films Continuum

chapter 6|90 pages

Experimental Performance of Powder Layers

chapter 7|36 pages

Powder-Lubricated Devices

chapter 8|18 pages

Theory of Powder Lubrication

chapter 9|30 pages

Granular Films

chapter 10|18 pages

The Tribological Continuum