Tribology in Environmental Design 2003 : The Characteristics of Interfacing Surfaces - A Key Factor in Sustainable and Economic Products

This book is an indispensable collection of chapters exploring the life cycle of all stages of tribological issues for product design. The contributors for this edition are from a wide range of disciplines and countries ensuring a comprehensive overview of Tribology in Environment Design.

This well-renowned second international conference explores the role of tribology in the context of product design and how this influences environmental, as well as product life cycle, consequences.

Part I : Sustainable Design
Chapter 1 : Assessing Environmental Impacts of Two-Stroke Outboard Motor Lubricants Using Tank Testing and Simple Dispersion Model
Chapter 2 : Coolants Based on Native Ester - Technical Assessment
Chapter 3 : The Role of Surface Engineering in Environmental Design
Chapter 4 : A Methodology for Assessment of The Carbon Neutrality of Products

Part II : Life-Oriented Products
Chapter 5 : Development of a Mechanical Device for Concealing Underground The Urban Solid Residual Containers
Chapter 6 : Oxidized Zirconium - a Potentially Longer Lasting Hip Implant
Chapter 7 : Wear-Mapping to Optimize Overlay Coating Design in Rolling Sliding Contacts
Chapter 8 : Increased Performance by Applied Tribology in Internal Combustion Engines

Part III : Life-Cycle Assessment for Optimized Products
Chapter 9 : Investigating The Environmental Impact That Issues of Tribology Have on The Use Phase of a Domestic Refrigerator
Chapter 10 : Coolants Based on Native Fat Ester - Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment
Chapter 11 : Surface Engineering - How Environmentally Friendly Is It?

Part IV : Surface Engineering
Chapter 12 : Enhancement of Wear and Mechanical Properties of Thermally Sprayed Wc-Co Coatings by Hiping Post-Treatment
Chapter 13 : Development of Thermally Sprayed Coatings for Metal Protection Against Hot Erosion
Chapter 14 : Abrasive Wear Behaviour of Nickel Alloy Coating
Chapter 15 : Comparative Study of Pvd - Tiain Coated Carbide in Dry Sliding Against Steels and Cast Iron
Chapter 16 : How Thermal Treatment Influences The Wear Resistance and Mechanical Properties of a Manganese Alloy Steel

Part V : Lubricants
Chapter 17 : Under Water Emissions From a Two-Stroke Outboard Engine - a Comparison Between An Eal and An Equivalent Mineral Lubricant
Chapter 18 : Wear Prevention Characteristics of Binary Oil Mixtures
Chapter 19 : In-Use Tribological Analysis of Hydrocarbon Refrigerants Applied to The Hermetic Compressor
Chapter 20 : Evaluation of Vegetable Oils As Pre-Lube Oils for Stamping
Chapter 21 : Tribological Behaviour and Mechanism of a Novel Additive, 2-(1,3-Benzothiazol-2-Ylamino)-2-Oxoethyl Dibutyl Dithiocarbamate, in Rapeseed Oil

Part VI : Test Methods
Chapter 22 : In-Situ Observations of Fretting Behaviour by Using a Small Piezoelectric Testing Apparatus Under Laser Microscope
Chapter 23 : Sliding Wear Under Fluctuating Load
Chapter 24 : Protocol for Clinically-Relevant and Severe Wear Simulator Testing of Total Hip and Knee Implants
Chapter 25 : High Temperature Oxidation and Erosion of 304 Stainless Steel Under Coal-Fired Boiler Atmospheres

Part VII : Advanced Materials
Chapter 26 : High Density Sintered Gears for Automotive Applications
Chapter 27 : Wear Behaviour of Aluminium-Based Composites Containing Ceramic Particles
Chapter 28 : Friction and Wear of The Oxidized Titanium in Dry Sliding Against Co-28cr-5w-4fe-3ni-1si Cobalt Alloy
Chapter 29 : Experimental Investigation of Lubricated Surface Ring Crack Fatigue in Rolling Contact
Chapter 30 : Variable Tool-Chip Contact and Chip Morphology in Machining With Grooved Cutting Tools - a Tribological Perspective
Chapter 31 : Processes of The Abrasive Wear-Out Elastomers and Their Connection With Viscoelasticity Qualities
Chapter 32 : Rolling Wear of Silicon Nitride Bearing Material in a Simulated Refrigerant Environment Using a Novel Pressurizedd Chamber
Chapter 33 : Abrasive Wear Resistance of Carbon Steel and Iron Alloys With a High Chromium Content

Part VIII : Analytical Studies
Chapter 34 : A New Approach to Modelling of Stress-Induced Degradation of Formulated Lubricants and Their Behaviour in Lubricated Contacts
Chapter 35 : Theories of Roughness and Wear - Verification and Comparison by Using Empirical Models
Chapter 36 : The Influence of Asperity Shape on The Asperity Persistence - One Experimental and Finite Element Modelling Approach to Understand The Growth of The Real Contact Area Under B1 Conditions

Authors' Index