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Tribology, by its very nature, has always been dominated by how surfaces react to load, relative motion and chemical/physical reactions. View full journal description

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Mechanisms of interfacial degradation and signal waveform distortion in brush-ring sliding electrical contacts

  • Yuan Youlu
  • Wang Li
  • Shi Junfeng
  • Xia Yunfei
  • Zhou Xiangman
  • Liu Jianyong
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Assessment of frictional performance of custom designed shoe treads using a computational fluid dynamics-based model: Implications on slips and falls

  • Shubham Gupta
  • Pramod Yadav
  • Arnab Chanda
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Moisture: The most important factor in leaf low adhesion?

  • Joseph Jaffé
  • Kate Tomlinson
  • Roger Lewis
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Low friction glaze layer formation during lubricated dynamic pressure sliding of grade 250 flake graphite cast iron

  • John Walker
  • Timothy Kamps
  • Keith Paton
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Elastic and elastic-perfectly plastic analysis of an axisymmetric sinusoidal surface asperity contact

  • Swarna Saha
  • Robert L. Jackson
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Tribological characteristics of HVOF sprayed Fe-based composite coatings at elevated temperatures

  • Chandramouli T V
  • Sharnappa Joladarashi
  • M R Ramesh
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Exploring the machinability of CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy and the effect of metal cutting fluids

  • Thawhid Khan
  • Chris M Taylor
  • Russell Goodall
  • Tomasz Liskiewicz
  • Michael G Bryant
  • Krystian K Wika
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Tribo-mechanical performance of brake composite material: A comprehensive review

  • Dhinakaran Veeman
  • Jitendra Kumar Katiyar
  • Alessandro Ruggiero
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Recent progress in the research on natural composite brake pads: A comprehensive review

  • Ajith G. Joshi
  • K. N. Bharath
  • S. Basavarajappa
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Performance assessment of some selected vegetable oils as lubricants in turning of AISI 1045 steel using a Taguchi-based grey relational analysis approach

  • P. O. Abegunde
  • R. A. Kazeem
  • I. G. Akande
  • O. M. Ikumapayi
  • A. S. Adebayo
  • T.-C. Jen
  • S. A. Akinlabi
  • E. T. Akinlabi
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Tribological aspects of magnesium matrix composites: A review of recent experimental studies

  • Fatih Aydın
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Microstructure and surface characterization of Ni-Cr based composites containing variable solid lubricants
  • Wan Farhana Mohamad
  • Amir Azam Khan
  • Pierre Barroy
  • Olivier Durand-Drouhin
  • Clement Puille
  • Abdelilah Lahmar
  • Faiz Ahmad
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