Modeling of Chemical Wear
Relevance to Practice

Helping you with effective tribological techniques to evaluate antiwear additives and lubricants

A. Sethuramiah (Author), Rajesh Kumar (Author)

9780128045336, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 27 October 2015

240 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.41 kg

Modeling of Chemical Wear is a one-stop resource for students, researchers and professionals seeking quick and effective tribological evaluations of environmentally friendly and energy efficient products.This book considers optimizing additive combinations by proper methodology, bridging the gap between theory and practice. It defines effective approaches to evaluate antiwear chemical additives commonly used in industry, enhancing the mapping ability of their performance to reduce the extent of full scale evaluations.

1. Tribology in perspective2. Lubricants and their formulation3. Dry wear mechanisms and modeling4. Boundary lubrication mechanisms and modeling5. Fundamental approaches to chemical wear modeling6. Statistics and experimental design in perspective7. Detailed methodology for chemical wear modeling8. Optimization methodology in additive selectionAnnexure

Subject Areas: Stress & fracture [TGMD5], Mechanical engineering [TGB]