1. Tribological context
1.1 Historical background
Friction is completely integrated into our everyday behavior through simple gestures such as holding a pencil, walking, etc. From a more pragmatic point of view, it is also at the heart of many industrial issues (mechanism service life [36] [80] [113], various forms of wear [12] [13], brake squeal [78], noise reduction [110]...) and economic issues (cost on the order of 2.5% of France's GDP, energy expenditure, heating...). For all these reasons, man has been trying to minimize or maximize friction to suit his needs since historic times (see the tribologists on Egyptian frescoes).
It was during the Renaissance, with the work of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), followed by that of Guillaume Amontons (1663-1705) and Charles de Coulomb...
Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!
Already subscribed? Log in!
Tribological context
Modeling bodies in contact and mechanisms
Article included in this offer
"Friction, wear and lubrication"
(
88 articles
)
Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees
A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources
Bibliography
- (1) - ACARY (V.), JEAN (M.) - Numerical modeling of three dimensional divided structures by the non smooth contact dynamics method : Application to masonry structure. In B.H.V. Topping, editor, The Fifth international Conference on Computational Structures Technology 2000, - pages 211-222, Edimburgh, Civil-Comp Press, 2000. ...
Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!
Already subscribed? Log in!
