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This book describes available tribology technologies and introdces a comprehensive overview of tribology. General, up-to-date knowledge on how tribology is approached in various related areas of research, both experimental and computational is provided.

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Fundamentals of Engineering Surfaces.- Friction and Wear.- Contact Mechanics.- Experimental Methods in Tribology.- Interface Temperature of Sliding Surfaces.- Tribology of Metals and Alloys.- Tribology of Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites.- Tribology of Metal Matrix Composites.- Coatings Tribology.- Fundamentals of Lubrication.- Self-Lubricating Behaviour of Graphite Reinforced Composites.- Particle Tribology.- Tribology of Solid Lubricants.- Tribology of Green Lubricants.- Nano Tribology.- Surface Probe Techniques.- Biotribology and Human Tribology.- Green and Biomimetic Tribology.- Fundamentals of Linking Tribology and Corrosion for Medical Applications.- Wear of Biomedical Implants.- Tribology in Metal Cutting.- Tribo-chemistry and Tribo-corrosion.- Tribology in Chemical-Mechanical Planarization.- Tribology in Metal Forming.- Tribology in Machine Components.- Macroscale Applications in Tribology.- Microscale Applications in Tribology.

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Dr. Pradeep L. Menezes, Dr. Michael Nosonovsky, and Dr. Michael R. Lovell are faculty members at the University of Wisconsin.

Dr. Sudeep Ingole is a faculty member at the Marine Engineering Department at Texas A&M University.

Professor Satish V. Kailas is a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Science.

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