Fields
Tribology
Tribology is the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion, encompassing friction, wear, and lubrication. It is critical to energy efficiency, machine reliability, and the design of everything from artificial joints to spacecraft mechanisms.
Details
- Avg Funding
- $290K
- Key Technologies
- Atomic Force MicroscopyPin-on-Disk TribometersQuartz Crystal MicrobalanceSurface ProfilometryMolecular Dynamics Simulation
- Subfields
- Friction ScienceLubrication TheoryWear MechanicsContact MechanicsNanotribology
- Top Institutions
- Imperial College LondonRWTH AachenTsinghua UniversityGeorgia TechETH Zurich