FRICTION, WEAR, LUBRICATION

This book is intended primarily to be used as a te xtbook, written on the level of senior and graduate students with proficiency in engineering or sciences. It is intended to bring everyone who wants to solve problems in friction and wear to the same understanding of what is (and, more important, what is not) involved. Most engineers and scientists have learned a few simple truths about friction and wear, few of which seem relevant when problems arise. It turns out that the “truths” are often too simple and couched too much in the terms of the academic discipline in...