Tribology Letters

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

• Original Paper

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

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

• Original Paper

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

Friction Laws for Saturated/Unsaturated Fatty Acid Layers

• Original Paper

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

Time-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at the Nanoscale

• Open Access
• Original Paper

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

Friction and Plasticity in Contacts Between Amorphous Solids

• Original Paper

Binquan Luan, Mark O. Robbins

Correction to: Friction and Plasticity in Contacts Between Amorphous Solids

• Correction

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

• Original Paper

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

Molecular Dynamics-Based Cohesive Law for Epoxy–Graphene Interfaces

• Original Paper

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

Stress Relaxation of Comb Polymer Melts

• Original Paper

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

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

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Łukasz Mioduszewski, Marek Cieplak

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

• Original Paper

Shoumik Saha, Di Xu, Dilip Gersappe

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

• Original Paper

Céline Ruscher, Jörg Rottler

Atomic Origins of Friction Reduction in Metal Alloys

• Original Paper

Shengfeng Cheng, Michael Chandross

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

• Original Paper

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

• Open Access
• Invited Viewpoint

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

Table Tennis: Effect of Humidity on Racket Rubber Tribology

• Original Paper

Y. Wu, A. Varenberg, M. Varenberg

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

• Original Paper

Fanjing Meng, Huabo Liu, Shaozhen Hua, Minghua Pang

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

• Original Paper

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

• Original Paper

Prashant Mittal, Himanshu Rai, Nitya Nand Gosvami

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

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Jonny Hansen, Marcus Björling, Roland Larsson

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

• Original Paper

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

• Original Paper

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

• Original Paper

Lingling Cui, Junyue Chen, Chengqi Yan, Dangsheng Xiong

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

• Open Access
• Original Paper

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

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

• Original Paper

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

Ultra-Low Friction of Graphene/Honeycomb Borophene Heterojunction

• Original Paper

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

• Open Access
• Original Paper

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

• Original Paper

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

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Antonio Papangelo

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

• Original Paper

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

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

• Original Paper

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

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

• Original Paper

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

• Open Access
• Original Paper

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

• Original Paper

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

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

• Open Access
• Original Paper

Mao Ueda, Amir Kadiric, Hugh Spikes

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

• Original Paper

Yonghai Kang, Youming Chen, Chengqi Yan, Lingqian Kong

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

• Original Paper

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

• Original Paper

Houfu Dai, Haixia Yue, Yang Hu, Ping Li

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

• Open Access
• Original Paper

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

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

• Original Paper

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

• Open Access
• Original Paper

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

• Original Paper

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

• Open Access
• Original Paper

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

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

• Original Paper

Shaomin Xiong, Robert Smith, Erhard Schreck, Qing Dai

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

• Tribology Methods

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

A Method for Tribological Measurements of Coated Abrasives using a Rheometer

• Open Access
• Tribology Methods

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

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

• Tribology Methods

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

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