ME-430 TRIBOLOGY
CREDIT HOURS
Theory = 3
Practical = 0
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)
| S. No. | CLOs | PLO | Taxonomy |
| 1 | Analyzing the mechanics of solid elastic and elastoplastic contacts. | PLO-2 |
Coginitive |
| 2 | Apply the fundamental theories of friction, lubrication, and wear types to predict the tribological behavior of sliding interfaces. | PLO-2 | Coginitive Level 3* |
| 3 | Discuss the protocols and procedures of accelerated and long-term tribological testing. | PLO-1 | Coginitive Level 2* |
COURSE CONTENT
- Course Overview: Introduction to tribology, Surface topography physico-chemical aspects of solid surfaces, Surface interactions.
- Mechanics of Solid Contacts: Elastic contacts, elastoplastic contacts, fracture.
- Friction: Laws of friction, Mechanisms of friction, friction space, stiction, stick slip, surface temperature.
- Wear: Adhesive wear, delamination wear, fretting wear, abrasive wear, erosive wear, corrosive wear, Mild and severe oxidational wear, Melt wear, Wear Mechanism Maps.
- Lubrication: Boundary lubrication, solid-film lubrication, Mixed lubrication, Hydrodynamic lubrication, hydrostatic lubrication.
- Nanoscale Tribology: Interatomic interactions, atomic force microscope (AFM), challenges of tribological testing at small scales.
- Tribological Testing: Common geometries, instrumentation and Methods used for testing, influence of Test parameters.
- Application and Case Studies: Sliding contacts, rolling contacts, bearing design, coating selection, Engine Tribology, Marine tribology.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
(01) Ian Hutchings Philip Shipway, Tribology, 2nd Ed. Butterworth Heinnemann, 2017
(02) Shizhu Wen Ping Huang, Principles of Tribology, Tsinghua University Press, 2018.
*For details of Taxonomy Levels CLICK HERE!
