Tribology Letters

Friction Force During Lubricated Steady Sliding of a Rigid Cylinder on a Viscoelastic Substrate

Chung-Yuen Hui, Haibin Wu, Anand Jagota, Constantine Khripin

Inducing High-Energy-Barrier Tribochemical Reaction Pathways; Acetic Acid Decomposition on Copper

Resham Rana, Robert Bavisotto, Nicholas Hopper, Wilfred T. Tysoe

Friction Laws for Saturated/Unsaturated Fatty Acid Layers

Fadlallah Abouhadid, Alexia Crespo, Nazario Morgado, Denis Mazuyer, Juliette Cayer-Barrioz

Time-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at the Nanoscale

Mohammad R. Vazirisereshk, Saima A. Sumaiya, Rimei Chen, Mehmet Z. Baykara, Ashlie Martini

Friction and Plasticity in Contacts Between Amorphous Solids

Binquan Luan, Mark O. Robbins

Correction to: Friction and Plasticity in Contacts Between Amorphous Solids

Binquan Luan, Mark O. Robbins

Molecular Dynamics Examination of Sliding History-Dependent Adhesion in Si–Si Nanocontacts: Connecting Friction, Wear, Bond Formation, and Interfacial Adhesion

J. David Schall, Zachary B. Milne, Robert W. Carpick, Judith A. Harrison

Molecular Dynamics-Based Cohesive Law for Epoxy–Graphene Interfaces

Jiadi Fan, Alexandros Anastassiou, Christopher W. Macosko, Ellad B. Tadmor

Stress Relaxation of Comb Polymer Melts

Sidath Wijesinghe, Dvora Perahia, Ting Ge, K. Michael Salerno, Gary S. Grest

Gluten Adhesion and Shearing in a Contact-Based Coarse-Grained Model

Łukasz Mioduszewski, Marek Cieplak

Effect of Compatibilizers on the Structure and Dynamics at Polymer Blend Interfaces

Shoumik Saha, Di Xu, Dilip Gersappe

Avalanches in the Athermal Quasistatic Limit of Sheared Amorphous Solids: An Atomistic Perspective

Céline Ruscher, Jörg Rottler

Atomic Origins of Friction Reduction in Metal Alloys

Shengfeng Cheng, Michael Chandross

Multiscale Friction Simulation of Dry Polymer Contacts: Reaching Experimental Length Scales by Coupling Molecular Dynamics and Contact Mechanics

Daniele Savio, Jannik Hamann, Pedro A. Romero, Christoph Klingshirn, Ravindrakumar Bactavatchalou, Martin Dienwiebel, Michael Moseler

Publishing Science in Tribology: The Past, Present and Future of Tribology Letters

Ashlie Martini, David L. Burris, Juliette Cayer-Barrioz, Nicholas D. Spencer

Table Tennis: Effect of Humidity on Racket Rubber Tribology

Y. Wu, A. Varenberg, M. Varenberg

Experimental Research on Sliding Friction of Dense Dry Particles Lubricated Between Parallel Plates

Fanjing Meng, Huabo Liu, Shaozhen Hua, Minghua Pang

Effect of Water Temperature on Tribological Performance of B4C-SiC Ceramics under Water Lubrication

Wei Zhang, Xiaoyu Chen, Seiji Yamashita, Mitsuhiro Kubota, Hideki Kita

Microscopic Tribology of ADC12 Alloy Under Lubricant Containing ZDDP and MoDTC Using In Situ AFM

Prashant Mittal, Himanshu Rai, Nitya Nand Gosvami

A New Film Parameter for Rough Surface EHL Contacts with Anisotropic and Isotropic Structures

Jonny Hansen, Marcus Björling, Roland Larsson

Study of Nanoscale Wear of SiC/Al Nanocomposites Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Zhihua Yin, Pengzhe Zhu, Baozhen Li

Impact of Sliding Speed on the Tribological Behaviors of Cermet and Steel Balls Sliding Against SiC Lubricated with Seawater

Fanglong Yin, Yang Wang, Hui Ji, Zhonghai Ma, Songlin Nie

Articular Cartilage Inspired the Construction of LTi–DA–PVA Composite Structure with Excellent Surface Wettability and Low Friction Performance

Lingling Cui, Junyue Chen, Chengqi Yan, Dangsheng Xiong

Rubber Wear and the Role of Transfer Films on Rubber Friction on Hard Rough Substrates

A. Tiwari, N. Miyashita, B. N. J. Persson

Contact Stiffness Model of Joint Surface Considering Continuous Smooth Characteristics and Asperity Interaction

Ling Li, Jingjing Wang, Xiaohui Shi, Shengli Ma, Anjiang Cai

Ultra-Low Friction of Graphene/Honeycomb Borophene Heterojunction

Yuanpu Xu, Ziwen Cheng, Xinghua Zhu, Zhibin Lu, Guangan Zhang

Investigation of the Tribological Performances of Graphene and WS2 Nanosheets as Additives for Perfluoroalkylpolyethers Under Simulated Space Environment

Jia Ren, Kuiliang Gong, Gaiqing Zhao, Wenjing Lou, Xinhu Wu, Xiaobo Wang

Improved Load-Bearing Capacity and Tribological Properties of PTFE Coatings Induced by Surface Texturing and the Addition of GO

Zeda Chen, Zhibin Wu, Jianfang Sun, Chuan Mao, Fenghua Su

On the Effect of Shear Loading Rate on Contact Area Shrinking in Adhesive Soft Contacts

Antonio Papangelo

Tribological Interaction of Plasma-Functionalized CaCO3 Nanoparticles with Zinc and Ashless Dithiophosphate Additives

Kimaya Vyavhare, Richard B. Timmons, Ali Erdemir, Pranesh B. Aswath

Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Nitrile Rubber Reinforced by Nano-SiO2: Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Xueshen Liu, Xincong Zhou, Fuming Kuang, Houxiu Zuo, Jian Huang

Lubricant Effects on Articular Cartilage Sliding Biomechanics Under Physiological Fluid Load Support

Margot S. Farnham, Kyla F. Ortved, Jeffrey S. Horner, Norman J. Wagner, David L. Burris, Christopher Price

Laser Cladding Treatment for Refurbishing Disc Brake Rotors: Environmental and Tribological Analysis

Ulf Olofsson, Yezhe Lyu, Anna Hedlund Åström, Jens Wahlström, Senad Dizdar, Ana Paula Gomes Nogueira, Stefano Gialanella

Experimental Evidence on the Enhancement of Bearing Load Capacity by Localised Boundary Slip Effect

B. W. Sun, L. Chen, L. Guo, W. Wang, P. L. Wong

Influence of Steel Surface Composition on ZDDP Tribofilm Growth Using Ion Implantation

Mao Ueda, Amir Kadiric, Hugh Spikes

Influences of Structural Relaxation and Crystallization on Dry-Sliding Tribological Behavior of Fe-Based Amorphous Coating

Yonghai Kang, Youming Chen, Chengqi Yan, Lingqian Kong

Highly Swollen Adsorption Layer Formed by Polymeric Friction Modifier Providing Low Friction at Higher Temperature

Naoki Yamashita, Tomoko Hirayama, Norifumi L. Yamada, Honami Watanabe, Ko Onodera, Takehisa Sato

The Removal Mechanism of Monocrystalline Si in the Process of Double Diamond Abrasive Polishing by Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Houfu Dai, Haixia Yue, Yang Hu, Ping Li

Effects of the Velocity Sequences on the Friction and Wear Performance of PEEK-Based Materials

Leyu Lin, Yuxiao Zhao, Chi Hua, Alois K. Schlarb

Enhanced Frictional Properties of NiO-Based Nanocomposites with the Addition of GDC

Jooho Park, Minwoo Ahn, Seungwoo Han, Wonyoung Lee, YoungZe Lee

An Assessment of the Effect of Relative Humidity on the Decomposition of the ZDDP Antiwear Additive

Abdel Dorgham, Abdullah Azam, Pourya Parsaeian, Chun Wang, Ardian Morina, Anne Neville

Prediction of Optimal Process Parameters in Tribocorrosion Inhibition of Steel Pipes Using Response Surface Methodology

Jitendra Narayan Panda, Edwin Yanez Orquera, Brandon Christopher Wong, Philip Egberts

The Influence of Steel Composition on the Formation and Effectiveness of Anti-wear Films in Tribological Contacts

Konstantinos Pagkalis, Hugh Spikes, Jakub Jelita Rydel, Marc Ingram, Amir Kadiric

Experimental Study of Material Pick Up on Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) Heads

Shaomin Xiong, Robert Smith, Erhard Schreck, Qing Dai

A Pin-on-Disk Tribometer for Friction and Lubricating Performance in mm-Scale

Jian Wu, Tonggang Liu, Ning Yu, Jiejie Cao, Kesheng Wang, Knut Sørby

A Method for Tribological Measurements of Coated Abrasives using a Rheometer

Andreas Gammelgård, Jessica Tuuf, Anders Strand, Mats Sundell, Margareta Björklund-Sänkiaho

A Simple Analysis of Texture-Induced Friction Reduction Based on Surface Roughness Ratio

Jiaxin Ye, Jiazhou Xuan, Yongliang Qiao, Yifan Zhang, Haiyang Zhang, Jimin Xu, Xiaojun Liu, Kun Liu

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