Friction-induced vibrations and self-organization : mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics of sliding contact /

• Main Authors: Nosonovsky, Michael, (Author), Mortazavi, Vahid, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2014]
• Subjects: Nonequilibrium thermodynamics.; Sliding friction.; Vibration.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"This book is different from numerous other textbooks and monographs about friction. In this work we study various effects and manifestations of friction in order to identify those properties of friction that are invariant for different friction mechanisms and thus constitute the very essence o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction : friction as a fundamental force of nature in the history of mechanics
• 2. Vibrations and stability at the bulk and at the interface
• 3. Principles of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and friction
• 4. Fundamentals of friction
• 5. Wear and lubrication
• 6. Friction-induced instabilities and vibrations
• 7. Friction-induced vibrations and their applications
• 8. From frictional instabilities to friction-induced self-organization
• 9. Self-lubrication
• 10. Outlook.