| Description |
xxvi, 697 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part I Bulk polymers -- Chapter 1 Adhesion and Friction of Polymers -- Chapter 2 Tribophysical Interpretation of Polymer Sliding Mechanisms -- Chapter 3 Scaling Effects in Tribotesting of Polymers -- Chapter 4 Scratch Experiments and Finite Element Simulation: Friction and Nonlinearity Effects -- Chapter 5 Nanoindentation and Indentation Creep of Polymeric Materials -- Chapter 6 Effects of Physiological Factors on Wear of UHMWPE for Joint Prosthesis -- Chapter 7 Biopolymer Tribology -- Chapter 8 Frictional Behaviour of Miniature Journal Polymer-on-Polymer Bearings -- Chapter 9 State-of-the-Art of Rubber Tribology -- Part II Reinforced Polymers -- Chapter 10 Wear of Polytetrafluoroethylene and PTFE Composites -- Chapter 11 Polymer Composites for Tribological Applications in a Range between Liquid Helium and Room Temperature -- Chapter 12 Mechanical and Tribological Behaviour of Polymers Filled with Inorganic Particulate Fillers -- Chapter 13 The Sliding Wear of Polypropylene and Its Blends -- Chapter 14 Engineering Polymers and Composites for Machine Elements -- Chapter 15 Brake Friction Materials -- Chapter 16 Study of Tribological and Mechanical Properties of Mold-in-Colour Polypropylene Used in Automobile Industry -- Part III Polymer Films -- Chapter 17 Mechanical Properties of Thin Polymer Films Within Contacts -- Chapter 18 Tribological Behaviour of Polymer Brush Prepared by the “Grafting-from” Method -- Chapter 19 AFM Testing of Polymeric Resist Films for Nanoimprint Lithography -- Chapter 20 Tribological Studies of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) Thin Films on Silicon Surface -- Chapter 21 Tribology of UHMWPE Thin Films on Si with Interfacial Layers and Modifications |
| Summary |
This book deals with the new and now-expanding field of friction, wear, and other surface-related mechanical phenomena for polymers. Polymers have been used in various forms such as bulk, films, and composites in applications where their friction, wear resistance, and other surface-related properties have been effectively utilized. There are also many examples in which polymers have performed extremely well, such as in tyres, shoes, brakes, gears, bearings, small moving parts in electronics and MEMS, cosmetics/hair products, and artificial human joints. Around the world, much research is currently being undertaken to develop new polymers, in different forms, for further enhancing tribological performance and for finding novel applications. Keeping in view the importance of tribology of polymers for research and technology as well as the vast literature that is now available in research papers and review articles, this timely book brings together a wealth of research data for an understanding of the basic principles of the subject |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
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Mode of access for electronic version: World Wide Web (viewed June 18, 2010) |
| In |
EBL |
| Subject |
Polymeric composites -- Mechanical properties.
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Polymers -- Surfaces.
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Tribology.
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| Author |
Briscoe, B. J.
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Sinha, Sujeet K. (Sujeet Kumar)
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World Scientific (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781848162020 |
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