Research

The Laboratory of Friction and Wear at the IPME is involved in a wide variety of tribological research. The Laboratory conducts experimental and theoretical studies on advanced tribological systems investigating the friction and wear for a wide range of materials.

The present research activities focuses on the following areas:

• Fracture Mechanics of Thin Surface Layers in the Wear Process
• Acoustic Emission Accompanying Surface Contact Interaction
• Wear Particle Analysis
• Periodic Phenomena in the Wear Process
• Multiple Contact Mechanics
• Implication of Friction and Wear on Dynamic Mechanisms
• Life Prediction Theory for Bearing Components
• Mathematical Modelling of Complex Tribological Systems