Tribology is basically defined as the study of friction, wear,
lubrication, and the design of bearings; the science of interacting
surfaces in relative motion. The objective of compiling this book was to
present modern concepts, new discoveries and innovative ideas in the
area of surface engineering, primarily for technical operations, and
also in the area of production engineering and to stress some
difficulties connected with the usage of several surface procedures in
modern manufacturing of various purpose machine parts. This book is an
effort to introduce science into the study of surface treatment
procedures. Tribology presents a good approach for explaining abrasive
machining and coating procedures and provides the ability to predict
some of the outputs of the procedures. The study of friction, forces and
energy investigates the significance of several factors which govern the
stresses and deformations of abrasion. The impacts of grain shape,
extent of penetration and lubrication on the procedures are
investigated. The tribology of nanostructured surfaces includes several
basic and scientific topics. Most importantly, it has immense operations
in industries. It is a powerful device to check friction, adhesion and
wetting of surfaces by changing their geometric textures and substance
compositions at the nanoscale, and hence, to control the tribological
performance of the engineering surfaces.
