Friction and Wear of materials: principle and case studies

COURSE LAYOUTWeek 1: Introduction; surfaces; friction; contact temperature; lubrication
Week 2: Wear, wear mechanisms
Week 3: Friction and wear of advanced metallic materials; basic fabrication concepts and overview of bioceramics and biocomposites
Week 4: Processing concepts of ceramics, mechanical behavior of brittle materials; wear behavior of ceramic composites
Week 5: Friction and wear of engineering polymers; Tribology of bioceramic composites, zirconia and dental restorative materials.
Week 6: Wear of nanoceramic composites; erosive wear of ceramic composites
Week 7: Cryogenic wear; Wear of high temperature ceramics
Week 8: Friction and wear of coatings, computational analysis in assessing wear, Closure