TRIBOLOGY RESEARCH TRENDS -- NOTICE TO THE READER -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- NOVEL TRIBO-MATERIALS FABRICATED BY SOLID STATE REACTION OF METAL AND CARBIDE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CONCEPTUAL APPROACH -- 2.1 Thermodynamic of the interfacial reaction -- 2.2 Microstructure and Phase composition -- 3. ARCHITECTURE OF NI-SI-C COMPOSITES WITH VARIOUS MICROSTRUCTURES -- 3.1 Liesegang rings structure and Core-shell structure -- 3.2 Architecture of nickel silicides-graphite composite -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- RESEARCH ON THE TRIBOLOGY OF HYDRAULIC RECIPROCATING SEALS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HYDRAULIC SEAL MATERIALS AND PERFORMANCE ISSUES -- 2.1 Elastomers for hydraulic seals, their benefits and deficiencies -- 2.2 Plastics and composites for hydraulic seals, their benefits and deficiencies -- 3. DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF HYDRAULIC SEALS -- 3.1 Examples of rod seal geometries and configurations -- 3.2 Examples of piston seal geometries and configurations -- 4. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON RECIPROCATING SEALS -- 4.1 A selection of some important early experimental studies -- 4.2 Other experimental studies, progress and research trends -- 5. THEORETICAL STUDIES ON RECIPROCATING SEALS -- 5.1 Phenomenological models of polymeric seal materials -- 5.2 Contact mechanics of hydraulic reciprocating seals -- 5.3 Elastohydrodynamics and performance of hydraulic reciprocating seals -- 5.4 Performance of hydraulic reciprocating seals and related issues -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THERMOTRIBOLOGY: FUNDAMENTALS AND CURRENT TRENDS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL STUDIES OF FRICTIONAL HEATING -- 2.1. Distribution of Heat in Friction Contact -- 2.2. Basic Models of Frictional Heating -- 2.3. Other Theoretical Studies of Frictional Heating -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN THERMOTRIBOLOGY.

3.1. Friction Temperature Measurements -- 3.2. Application of Optical-Electron Scanning Technique and IR Thermography to High-Speed Friction and Machining of Materials -- 4. THERMOMECHANICAL EFFECTS RELATED TO SLIDING -- 4.1. Thermal Deformations and Thermoelastic Instability -- 4.2. Thermal Stresses Near Friction Contact Zone and Thermally-Induced Failure Modes -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TRIBOLOGY AND BIOTRIBOCORROSION OF ARTIFICIAL JOINT PROSTHESES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Background of Arthroplasty Implant -- 1.2. Total Joint Replacement -- 1.3 Tribology Behaviour of MoM TJR -- 2. TRIBOCORROSION - BASIC THEORY -- 3. TRIBOLOGY EFFECT ON CORROSION -- 3.1. Effect of Tribology on Corrosion Potential -- 3.2 The Effect of Tribology on Corrosion Rate -- 4. CORROSION EFFECT ON TRIBOLOGY -- 5. TRIBO-FILM ON COCRMO -- 6. CONCLUSION AND CHALLENGES -- REFERENCES -- AN INTEGRATED ADHESIVE WEAR TESTING METHODOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- Nomenclature -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE INTEGRATED WEAR MODEL -- 2.1 The Transient Wear -- 2.2 Standard Wear Coefficient (KS ) -- 2.3 Net Steady-state Wear Coefficient (KN) -- 2.4 Transient Distance -- 3. REVIEW OF THE WEAR EQUATIONS PROPOSED FOR THE INTEGRATED WEAR MODEL -- 3.1 Equation for Modeling the Wear Coefficient of Particles Reinforced MMC Materials -- 3.2 Effects of Exponential Factors FA and FB -- 3.3 Equation for Modeling the Wear Coefficient of Other Materials -- 3.4 Equations for Predicting Steady-State Wear Coefficients -- 3.5 Equations for Predicting the Steady-State Wear Rates -- 4. EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY USED IN THE PREVIOUS STUDIES -- 4.1 The Moving-Pin Technique -- 4.2 Experimental Set-up -- 4.3 Disc and Pin Materials -- 4.4 Experimental Technique -- 5. THE PROPOSED INTEGRATED WEAR TESTING METHODOLOGY -- 6. ANALYSIS OF WEAR TEST DATA.

6.1 The measured volumetric wear rate and standard wear coefficient -- 6.2 The Predicted Steady-State Sliding Distance (LP) -- 6.3 The Predicted Steady-State Wear Coefficients -- 6.4 THE CALCULATED WEAR RATE -- 6.5 The Predicted Steady-State Wear Rate (V/L)P -- 6.6 Deviation of Predicted Standard Steady-State Wear Rate (V/L)P versus Measured Standard Steady-State Wear Rate -- 6.7 Deviation of Predicted Net Steady-State Wear Rate (V/L)P versus Measured Net Steady-State Wear Rate -- 6.8 Testing Time Analysis -- 7. DISCUSSIONS -- 7.1 Significance of the Integrated Wear Testing Methodology -- 7.2 The Accuracy of this Methodology -- 7.3 The Effect of the Nominal Specimen Size -- 7.4 Selection of Testing Parameters -- 7.5 Application of the Proposed Methodology in Industry -- 8. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- FRICTION FROM RECIPROCATING SLIDING OF DIFFERENT SCALES -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FRICTION WITH RECIPROCATING TESTING -- Principle of reciprocating testing -- Case Study 1: Friction of carbon materials studied with reciprocating sliding -- 3. FRICTION WITH LATERAL FORCE MICROSCOPY (LFM) -- Principle of LFM -- Cantilever of LFM -- Bending of rectangular cantilever -- Torsion of rectangular cantilever -- Bending of triangular cantilever -- Torsion of triangular cantilever -- Case Study 2 -- Solution -- Mechanisms of Micro/Nanoscale Friction -- Case Study 3: Friction of (0001) HOPG studied with LFM -- 4. POSTSCRIPT -- FURTHER READING -- HUMIDITY EFFECTS ON DRY SLIDINGPERFORMANCE OF SINTERED POLYIMIDE/GRAPHITE COMPOSITES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTS -- 2.1 Test Materials -- 2.2 Material characterisation -- 2.3 Tribological testing -- 3. MATERIAL CHARACTERISATION -- 4. TRIBOLOGICAL TEST RESULTS -- 4.1 Influence of sliding distance -- 4.2 Influence of sliding parameters -- 4.3 Transfer film formation -- 5. DISCUSSION.

5.1 Influence of humidity on the sliding mechanisms of polyimide -- 5.2 Influence of humidity on the sliding mechanisms of graphite -- 5.3 Relation between the humidity effects versus temperature effects -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.