• Materials. Bulk properties
• Maps of materials
• Material hardness
• Thermal and thermo-chemical treatments
• Tribological selection of materials
• Surface topography
     Texture and roughness
     Surface parameters
     Statistical functions
     Roughness profiles
• Roughness profile measurement
     Measurement instruments
     Undistorted and distorted profiles
• Surface contacts
     Ideal and rough surfaces
     Equivalent surface contacts
• Actual surfaces
     Surface layers
     Physico-chemical characteristics
• Surface phenomena and forces
     Effects of texture on machine components
     Profilometric friction and wear results

2. Friction and efficiency

• Kinematic pairs and friction
     Kinematic pairs
• Sliding friction
     Elementary laws
     Friction coefficients
     Actual laws
     Effect of oxides
     Effect of coatings
     Tables
• Rolling friction
     Roller contact
     Friction coefficient
     Ball contact
     Friction coefficient
     Effect of roughness
     Impact friction
• Friction losses
• Efficiency and friction
• Sliding pairs
     Inclined plane
     Rod-collar
     Piston-cylinder
• Journal bearings
• Lead screw-nuts
• Gear wheels
• Worm gears

3. Wear

• Wear processes
• Wear parameters
• Wear mechanism
     Abrasive wear. Erosive wear. Adhesive wear. Fatigue wear. Fretting wear. Corrosive wear
     High and low temperature wear
     Delamination wear. Zero wear
• Wear of plastics. Wear of plastic composites
• Wear of ceramic. Wear of ceramic composites
• Wear map
• Classifications of wear
     Aspects of wear
     Types of wear
• Anti-wear coatings
     Hard coatings
• Wear losses
• Friction and wear of a material
• Friction and wear correlation
     Proportionality assumption
     Modified assumption

4. Lubricants and lubrication

• Solid lubricants
• Newtonian, pseudoplastic and dilatant fluids
• Semisolid lubricants
     Grease. Base oils. Thickeners. Additives. Consistency
• Liquid lubricants
     Mineral oils
          Viscosity. Viscosity and temperature. Viscosity and pressure. Density. Gas solubility. Foams.
          Cavitation. Oil additives.
     Synthetic oils. Types. Properties
• Gaseous lubricants
     Viscosity. Viscosity and temperature. Viscosity and pressure
     Types of lubrication. Mathematical models
     Lubrication with oil
     Squeeze lubrication
     Hydrostatic lubrication
     Axial bearings. Opposed pad bearings. Spherical bearings. Conical bearings. Journal
     bearings. Stability
     Hydrodynamic lubrication
          Axial bearings. Fixed pad bearings. Pivoted pad bearings. Journal bearings. Oil supply.
          Stability. Types of bearings. Miniature bearings
     Elastohydrodynamic lubrication
     Features. Elastohydrodynamic regimes. Rectangular contacts. Elliptical contacts. Rolling
     bearings
• Mixed lubrication
• Bearing selection
• Lubrication with greases
• Lubrication with gases
     Aerostatic lubrication
     Axial bearings. Journal bearings. Integral bearings
     Aerodynamic lubrication
     Axial bearings. Journal bearings
• Starved lubrication. Partial lubrication. Boundary lubrication
• Bearing selection
• Grease lubrication
• Flexural bearings

5. Magnetic bearings

• Magnetic materials
• Magnetic bearings
     Dipole
     Solenoid
     Ring bearings
     Demagnetization
• Bearing types
• Stability
• MAG-LEV transports

6. Tribometry and maintenance

• Unlubricated tribosystem
     System
     Input quantities
     Output quantities
• Lubricated tribosystem
     System
     Input and output quantities
• Boundary lubricated system
• Viscometry
• Result collection
• Proposed tribotest categories
• Other categories
• Losses and efficiency
     Single machine. Reliability
     Group of machines
• Loss reduction
• Monitoring
     Noise
     Vibrations
• Debris monitoring
• Maintenance. Failure, preventive, predictive maintenance

7. Biotribology and ecotribology

• Biological materials
     Dental prostheses
     Bone prostheses
     Heart prostheses
• Demands
• Costs and savings
• Materials
• Energy
• Recycling
• Environmental impact
• Ecotribology

8. History of Tribology

Updated February 9,, 2008.