This volume contains 35 present ations on the developments and advances made in tribology. The first five plenary sessions, discussed issues of significant importance to modern tribology: history of tribology in the 20th century; the question of lubrication by very thin oil films under immense pressures; the wear of metals; the relationship of future tribological research to real industrial problems; and a survey of the currrent understanding of the molecular and atomic origins of friction and boundary lubrication.
- ISBN10 1860580998
- ISBN13 9781860580994
- Publish Date 1 January 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 March 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Professional Engineering Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 520
- Language English