Overview
As with the previous edition, the third edition of Engineering Tribology provides a thorough understanding of friction and wear using technologies such as lubrication and special materials. Tribology is a complex topic with its own terminology and specialized concepts, yet is vitally important throughout all engineering disciplines, including mechanical design, aerodynamics, fluid dynamics and biomedical engineering. This edition includes updated material on the hydrodynamic aspects of tribology as well as new advances in the field of biotribology, with a focus throughout on the engineering applications of tribology. New to this edition are end-of-chapter problems and an accompanying solutions manual, increasing the book's value as a textbook. The book offers an extensive range if illustrations which communicate the basic concepts of tribology in engineering better than text alone. All chapters include an extensive list of references and citations to facilitate further in-depth research and thorough navigation through particular subjects covered in each chapter. * Includes newly devised end-of-chapter problems, as well as an accompanying solutions manual.* Provides a comprehensive overview of the mechanisms of wear, lubrication and friction in an accessible manner designed to aid non-specialists. * Gives a reader-friendly approach to the subject using a graphic illustrative method to break down the typically complex problems associated with tribology.
Full Product Details
Author: Gwidon Stachowiak (Tribology Laboratory, University of Western Australia, Australia) ,
Andrew W Batchelor (Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions:
Width: 18.40cm
, Height: 3.90cm
, Length: 26.00cm
Weight: 1.670kg
ISBN: 9780750678360
ISBN 10: 0750678364
Pages: 832
Publication Date: 27 October 2005
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9780123970473
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Author Information
Gwidon Stachowiak is a Professor at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, specializing in tribology. His research interests include the development of methods for description of multiscale 3D surface topographies, tribocorrosion, and optimization of 3D surface textures for hydrodynamic contacts. Andrew W. Batchelor has been involved in tribology for 30 years and has taught tribology at universities in Australia, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and India. He has written books on topics relating to materials degradation, biomaterials and bioengineering.
