Posted: July 29th, 2008, 8:01am CEST by Edgumilan
This book has increasingly important role played by tribology at the design stage in engineering. The book shows how algorithms developed from the basic principles of tribology. The book is pengineering and planned as a comprehensive reference and source book for practising designers, researchers and postgraduate students. This book deals with new findings in tribology and their application in industry. The procedures and techniques of analysis of this book has found helpful in applying the principles of tribology to the design of the machine elements. This book is designed to supplement the Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) series in tribology (well known to practising engineers), emphasizing the basic principles, giving the background and explaining the rationale of the practical procedures. It has detailed guidance in solving a particular problem or for an alternative method of solution. It advocates and demonstrates the use of the computer as a design tool where long, laborious solution procedures are needed. The concept of tribodesign in this book is introduced, devoted to a brief discussion of the basic principles of tribology, elements of contact mechanics, are confined to the most technically important topics. Tribology of lower kinematic pairs, sliding element bearings and higher kinematic were also discussed, discussion of rolling contact bearings with particular emphasis on contact problems, surface fatigue and lubrication techniques, concentrates on lubrication and surface failures of involute gears. The basis of this book is largely on the notes for a course of lectures on friction, wear and lubrication application to machine..Download here