B.Tech. Automobile Eng.

(SEMESTER-VIII)
Subject :Tribology
(030130810)
By: Mrs. Palak H Desai,
Assistant Professor,
Chhotubhai Gopalbhai Patel Institute of Technology,
Uka Tarsadia University, Maliba Campus, Bardoli
 Introduction to the subject
Contact Hours Per week Total Credits Examination Scheme
04 (Theory) 04 60 (Ext)+ 40 (Int) = 100 Marks

• Objective of the Course:

To Apply the basic theories of friction, wear and lubrication to
predictions about the frictional behavior of commonly
encountered sliding interfaces
To design and analyze advanced systems, components, and
processes in their professional practice
To use in applications of Interactive surfaces of Machines
 Unit wise learning outcomes
UNIT NO. NAME LEARNING OUTCOMES
01 Introduction to tribology and Understand the basic concept of Tribological components and its
Lubrication principle

02 Friction and Wear Familiar with Friction and wear Mechanism

03 Surface engineering Apply surface engineering for achieving high accuracy for Tribological
components

04 Hydrostatic lubrication Familiar with mathematical tools used to analyze Hydrostatic bearing.

05 Hydrodynamic lubrication Familiar with mathematical tools used to analyze Hydrodynamic bearing.

06 Air/Gas lubricated bearing Familiar with mathematical tools used to analyze Aerostatic step bearing
and Lubrication Principle
Introduction

Tribology is the science and engineering of

interacting surfaces in relative motion.

It includes the study and application of the

principles of friction, lubrication and wear.

Tribology is a branch of mechanical

engineering and materials science.
What is Tribology?

The word Tribology is derived from Greek word “TRIBOS” ,means rubbing and
the suffix “logy” means -logia a "study of", "knowledge of".

It was coined by the British physicist David Tabor, and also by Peter Jost in 1964,
a lubrication expert who noticed the problems with increasing friction on
machines, and started the new discipline of tribology.
Why TRIBOLOGY is so important?

Basically Tribology is an art of providing solutions to the problems which are of

great economic significance, namely maintenance, reliability, and wear of
equipment starting from house hold appliances to spacecrafts.

What are the pre requisites to understand TRIBOLOGY?

To have thorough knowledge and understanding of the subject it is necessary to
have an in depth knowledge in many areas such as chemistry of lubricants,
physics of fluid flow, surface topography, contact mechanics, material science,
mathematics, and Mechanical Engineering. Thus the subject Tribology is truly
multi disciplinary.
Solid Mechanics: Focus is on expressions of contact stresses/deformations and surface
temperatures due to rolling/sliding.

Fluid Mechanics: Study of lubricant film formed between various geometric shapes of
rolling/sliding surfaces.

Material Science: Focus is on atomic and micro scales mechanisms whereby solid surface
degradation or alteration occurs during relative motion.

Chemistry: Deals with reactivity between lubricants and solid surfaces.

Thermodynamics: Heat and mass transfer in fluids and bounding solids.

Applications
HIGH FRICTION

 Space shuttle Columbia 2003 destroyed on re-entry.

 Due to thermal protection system failure frictional heating up caused an explosion.

LOW FRICTION

Good

Bad
In Sport
WEAR
What is wear?
It’s the removal of material from a solid surface by the
action of another surface.
LUBRICATION
Why do we need it?
• lower the friction
• prevent wear

↓ wear

remove heat and

contamination