Introduction to Tribology MEng5302

Department of Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Technology,
Dilla University
Course Number MEng5302
Course Title Introduction to Tribology
Degree Program B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Module Mechanical Design Electives
Module Coordinator NN
Lecturer NN
ECTS Credits 5
Contact Hours (per Lecture Tutorial Laboratory/Practice Home Study
Semester) 32 48 0 55

Course Objectives

Course Objectives & The is intended to introduce the student to the concept of
Competences to be
• interfaces between two or more bodies in relative motion
Acquired
• types of lubrication - hydrodynamic, hydrostatic, boundary;
• friction and wear mechanisms
Tribological systems: the interfaces between two or more
bodies in relative motion;
Friction and wear mechanisms for metals, polymers, and
Course Description
ceramics, abrasive wear, tool wear, erosive wear, wear of
polymers and composites; Boundary lubrication and solid-film
lubrication; Rolling contacts.
1. Introduction to Tribology
2. Friction and measurement of Friction
Course outline
3. Introduction to Wear, Wear Mechanisms and Measurement
4. Hydrodynamic Lubrication
 5. Hydrostatic Lubrication
6. Aerostatic Lubrication
7. Boundary Lubrication
8. Erosive Wear
Pre-requisites Senior standing course
Semester Xx(Year V, Semester I)
Status of Course Elective
Teaching & Learning Lectures
Methods • Assignments
Continuous assessments
Assessment/Evaluation
 Minimum of (50%)
& Grading System
 Final examination (50%)
Minimum of 80% attendance during lecture hours; and
Attendance
• 100% attendance during project work sessions, except
Requirements
for some unprecedented mishaps.
1. Suh, N. P. Tribophysics. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-
Hall, 1986.
2. Friction, Wear, Lubrication, by Ludema, CRC Press,
1996.
Refernces
3. Engineering Tribology, by Stachowiak and Batchelow,
Butterworth & Heinemann, 2001.
4. Fundamentals of Engineering Tribology, by Harish
Hirani, Cambridge University Press 2016.