Calculations of the impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, economic
expenditure, and CO 2 emissions are presented on a global scale. This impact study covers …

Surface texturing has gained great attention in the tribological community since precisely
defined surface features can help to reduce friction and/or wear irrespective of the acting …

Surface texturing to control friction and wear has been the focus of numerous studies in the
last few decades. Despite this interest, understanding the underlying causes for surface …

Despite numerous experimental and theoretical studies reported in the literature, surface
micro-texturing to control friction and wear in lubricated tribo-contacts is still in the trial-and …

Surface textures have been of great interest within the tribology community with nearly 1500
papers published on this topic in the past two decades. With the pursuit of low emissions …

The work studies the fluid structure interaction (FSI) dynamic behaviors of water-lubricated
bearing with axial asymmetric grooves. Revised FSI models with consideration of cavitation …

The tribological characteristics of sliding surfaces have been remarkably improved by
surface texturing. Surface texturing can be beneficial in many ways; for example, it can …

The frictional behaviour of plane converging bearings was experimentally and numerically
studied for four texture geometries fabricated by ultra-short pulse laser texturing (single …

Additive manufacturing is gaining a remarkable importance in manufacturing industries
because of the ability to build parts with complex and intricate shapes. The most widely used …

Surface texturing has been effectively used to improve tribological performance of sliding
surfaces. Reduction in friction, increase in hydrodynamic load carrying capacity, reduction in …