Screen LibraryLubricants : introduction to properties and performance /
"Concise, accessible introduction to lubricants for engineers, technicians and researchers who are not experts in lubricant chemistry or tribology.Lubricants: Properties and Performance provides an easy to understand overview of tribology and lubricant chemistry, and bridges the gap between the...
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Wiley,
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| Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom ; Hoboken, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118799734 |
| Summary: |
"Concise, accessible introduction to lubricants for engineers, technicians and researchers who are not experts in lubricant chemistry or tribology.Lubricants: Properties and Performance provides an easy to understand overview of tribology and lubricant chemistry, and bridges the gap between the two areas. The first part of the book is theoretical and provides an introduction to tribological contact, friction, wear and lubrication, as well as the basic concepts regarding properties and the most commonly made analyses on lubricants.Base fluids and their properties and common additives used in "Lubricants: Properties and Performance provides an easy to understand overview of tribology and lubricant chemistry, and bridges the gap between the two areas"-- |
| Item Description: | Machine generated contents note: Preface xi List of Symbols xiii List of Tables xvii Part One LUBRICANT PROPERTIES 1 Introduction to Tribology 3 1.1 Tribological Contacts 5 1.1.1 Macroscale Contacts 6 1.1.2 Microscale Contacts 8 1.2 Friction 8 1.2.1 The Coefficient of Friction 8 1.2.2 Lubrication Regimes 10 1.3 Wear 12 1.3.1 Wear Rate 13 1.4 Lubrication of the Tribological System 14 1.4.1 The Purposes of Lubricants 14 1.4.2 Reducing Friction and Protecting against Wear 15 1.4.3 Semi-Solid Lubricants 16 1.4.4 Solid Lubricants and Dry Lubricants 16 References 17 2 Lubricant Properties 19 2.1 P |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781118799710 (ePub) 1118799712 (ePub) 9781118799703 (Adobe PDF) 1118799704 (Adobe PDF) 9781118799734 1118799739 1306473411 9781306473415 |
| Index Number: | TJ1077 |
| CLC: | TH117.2 |