1. Prediction of Net Steady-State Wear Coefficient in an Al-Al₂O₃(P)/Steel System with an Integrated Wear Model

   • L.J. Yang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 118

2. Application of the Genetic Algorithm to the Multi-Objective Optimization of Air Bearings

   • Nenzi Wang
   • Yau-Zen Chang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 128

3. Effects of Material Composition and Microstructural Features on Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour of Fe–TiC Composite and a Cobalt-Based Stellite

   • O.P. Modi
   • B.K. Prasad
   • A.K. Shah

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 138

4. Surface Shape and Contact Pressure Evolution in Two Component Surfaces: Application to Copper Chemical Mechanical Polishing

   • W.G. Sawyer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 145

5. Subsurface Zone in Aluminium Studied by Positron Lifetime Spectroscopy

   • J. Dryzek
   • E. Dryzek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 153

6. Influence of Temperature-Dependent Yield Strength on Thermomechanical Asperity Contacts

   • H. Yu
   • S. Liu
   • Y.W. Chung

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 164

7. Nano- and Submicron-Structured Sulfide Self-Lubricating Coatings Produced by Thermal Spraying

   • Y. Wang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 168

8. Tribological Properties of Langmuir–Blodgett Films on Silicon Surface in Microscale Sliding Contact

   • D.-I. Kim
   • G.K. Zhavnerko
   • D.-H. Choi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 177

9. The Effect of WS₂ Nanoparticles on Friction Reduction in Various Lubrication Regimes

   • R. Greenberg
   • G. Halperin
   • R. Tenne

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 186

10. Influence of Concentration of Aramid Fabric on Abrasive Wear Performance of Polyethersulfone Composites

    • J. Bijwe
    • S. Awtade
    • A. Ghosh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 194

11. Tribological Impact of SiC Encapsulation of Released Polycrystalline Silicon Microstructures

    • W.R. Ashurst
    • M.B.J. Wijesundara
    • R. Maboudian

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 198

12. The Tribological Performance of S-[2-(Acetamido) Benzothiazol-1-yl] N,N-Dioctyl Dithiocarbamate as an Additive in Rapeseed Oil

    • W. Huang
    • J. Dong
    • B. Hou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 204

13. Nanometer Scale Chemomechanical Characterization of Antiwear Films

    • M.A. Nicholls
    • P.R. Norton
    • G. De Stasio

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 216

14. Chemistry of Antiwear Films from Ashless Thiophosphate Oil Additives

    • M.N. Najman
    • M. Kasrai
    • G.M. Bancroft

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 229

15. Comparative Study on Tribological Behaviors of Polyetheretherketone Composite Reinforced with Carbon Fiber and Polytetrafluoroethylene Under Water-Lubricated and Dry-Sliding Against Stainless Steel

    • J. Jia
    • J. Chen
    • L. Hu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 238

16. The Contribution of Thin PFPE Lubricants to Slider-Disk Spacing. 3. Effect of Main Chain Flexibility

    • R.J. Waltman
    • V. Raman
    • J. Burns

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 244

17. Chemomechanical Properties of Antiwear Films Using X-ray Absorption Microscopy and Nanoindentation Techniques

    • Mark A. Nicholls
    • G. Michael Bancroft
    • Lisa M. Wiese

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 259

18. Tribochemical Effects on Tribological Properties of Self-Mated Zirconia Ceramic in HFC-134a Gas

    • P. Cong
    • S. Mori

    OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 267

19. Friction and Thermal Effects of Engineering Plastics Sliding Against Steel and DLN-Coated Counterfaces

    • L. Zsidai
    • P. Samyn
    • P. De Baets

    OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 288

20. Tribological Properties of Pulsed Laser Deposited WSe_x(Ni)/DLC Coatings

    • V. Yu. Fominski
    • V.N. Nevolin
    • W. Scharff

    OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 294

21. Experimental Investigation of Laser Surface Textured Parallel Thrust Bearings

    • I. Etsion
    • G. Halperin
    • Y. Kligerman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 300

22. Effect of Sand Concentration in the Medium and Travel Distance and Speed on the Slurry Wear Response of a Zinc-Based Alloy Alumina Particle Composite

    • B.K. Prasad
    • A.K. Jha
    • A.H. Yegneswaran

    OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 309

23. Synthesis, Structure and Tribological Properties of Stearic Acid Coated (NH₄)₃PMo₁₂O₄₀ Nanoparticles

    • Hongxin Dang
    • Lei Sun
    • Zhijun Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 316

24. Effects of End Groups on the Tribochemical Reactions of Lubricants at Head-Disk Interface

    • Shigeyuki Mori
    • Peihong Cong
    • Toshimitsu Numata

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 325

25. Tribo-Rheometry: From Gap-Dependent Rheology to Tribology

    • H.P. Kavehpour
    • G.H. McKinley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 335

26. A Method for the Measurement of Hydrodynamic Oil Films Using Ultrasonic Reflection

    • R.S. Dwyer-Joyce
    • P. Harper
    • B.W. Drinkwater

    OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 348