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Tribology (Elective-I) Subject Code: 13ME2205 L P C 4 0 3 Pre Requisites: Design of Machine Members Course Educational Objectives

This document outlines a course on Tribology (Elective-I) that is part of an M.Tech in Computer Aided Analysis and Design. The course objectives are to help students understand lubrication technology, controlling friction and wear prevention, and applying operational analysis to economically significant problems. Course outcomes include explaining fundamentals of lubrication, tribological parameters for increasing machine life, microscopes used in nano-tribology, and MEMS/NEMS fabrication techniques. The course covers topics like lubricant properties, friction laws, wear of materials, hydrostatic lubrication, hydrodynamic lubrication, elastohydrodynamic lubrication, and nano-tribology measurement tools.

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Tribology (Elective-I) Subject Code: 13ME2205 L P C 4 0 3 Pre Requisites: Design of Machine Members Course Educational Objectives

This document outlines a course on Tribology (Elective-I) that is part of an M.Tech in Computer Aided Analysis and Design. The course objectives are to help students understand lubrication technology, controlling friction and wear prevention, and applying operational analysis to economically significant problems. Course outcomes include explaining fundamentals of lubrication, tribological parameters for increasing machine life, microscopes used in nano-tribology, and MEMS/NEMS fabrication techniques. The course covers topics like lubricant properties, friction laws, wear of materials, hydrostatic lubrication, hydrodynamic lubrication, elastohydrodynamic lubrication, and nano-tribology measurement tools.

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GVPCE(A) M.Tech.

Computer Aided Analysis And Design 2013


TRIBOLOGY
(Elective-I)

Subject Code: 13ME2205 L P C


4 0 3
Pre requisites: Design of machine members

Course Educational Objectives:


To make the student understand
1. technology of lubrication, control of friction and prevention of wear
2. the art of providing operational analysis to problems of great
economic significance
3. the importance of nano-tribology

Course Outcomes:
The student will be able to explain
1. the fundamentals of fluid film lubrication bearings, rolling element
bearings, friction and wear of metals
2. tribological parameters for the increase of service life of machine
elements
3. the working of various microscopes used in nano-tribology
4. the fabrication techniques of MEMS/NEMS

UNIT-I
Properties and testing of lubricants: Viscosity and its variation -absolute
and kinematic viscosity, temperature variation, viscosity index
determination of viscosity, different viscometers.
Friction: Introduction, Laws of friction, kinds of friction, causes of
friction, friction measurement, theory of friction. Friction characteristics
of metals, friction of Non metals, ceramics and polymers. Study of
current concepts of boundary friction and dry friction.

UNIT-II
Wear of metals: Introduction, definition, scope, classification of wear,
adhesive, delamination, fretting, abrasive, erosive and corrosive wear.
Mechanism of wear, wear resistant materials, wear testing methods,
wear reduction by surface improvement. Introduction to wear of
polymers and ceramics.

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GVPCE(A) M.Tech. Computer Aided Analysis And Design 2013

UNIT-III
Hydrostatic lubrication: Hydrostatic step bearing, application to fixed
and pivoted pad thrust bearing and other applications, hydrostatic lifts,
hydrostatic squeeze films and its application to journal bearing.
Hydrostatic thrust bearings, Hydrostatic bearing analysis including
compressibility effects.

UNIT-IV
Hydrodynamic lubrication: Various theories of lubrication, Petroff’s
equation, Reynolds equation in two dimensions. Effects of side leakage
- Reynolds equation in three dimensions, Somerfield number. Friction
in slider bearing, hydro dynamic theory applied to journal bearing
Elastohydrodynamic lubrication: Theoretical considerations, Grubin
type solutions, film thickness equations. Different regimes in EHL
contact.

UNIT-V
Nano tribology: Introduction, measurement tools, Surface force
operators, scanning tunneling microscope, friction force microscope,
atomic force microscope, fabrication techniques for MEMS/NEMS.

TEXT BOOK:
1. B.C Majumdar, “Tribology and Bearings”, C Publications, 2e, 2007

REFERENCES:
1. Basu Sen Gupta and Ahuja, “Fundamentals of Tribology”, Prentice
Hall, 1e, 2006.

2. Prasanth Sahoo, “Engineering Tribology”, PHI Learning Publishing,


1e, 2005.

3. Kenneth C Ludema, “Friction, Wear, Lubrication”, CRC Press,


1996.

4. Bharath Bhushan, “Introduction to Tribology”, Wiley, 2002

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