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Tribology and Tribotechnics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 340-0319/03
Abbreviation TT
Course title Tribology and Tribotechnics
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Machine and Industrial Design
Course coordinator Ing. Ladislav Hrabec, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures
1. Introduction - classification system maintenance, history, definitions and concepts, economic importance, tribological system and processes.
2. Friction - classification, Stribeckova curve, friction conditions, the theory of friction, sliding and rolling friction.
3. Wear - mechanisms and types\\\'s wear.
4. Lubricants - classification and properties of environmentally degradable lubricants, additives to lubricants.
5. Tribometrie.
6. Lubrication Systems and Equipment.
7. Tribotechnical interpretation - screw, spring, shaft, gearing, chains, steel cables, brakes, clutch.
8. Tribotechnical interpretation - plain and rolling bearings, seals.
9. Tribotechnical interpretation - mining and mineral processing, transport (rail, auto, band).

Practice and seminars
1. Projection of educational films.
2. Calculation of rolling and sliding bearings.
3. Semester work - the solution of deleting a particular machine node.
4. Proposal for deleting the selected gear.
5. Seminar + test of knowledge.
6. Proposal for a centralized lubrication system.
7. The study of technical documents lubricating systems and equipment.
8. Software products to address the issue.
9. Semester defense work through lectures, credit.

Literature

STACHOWIAK, G. W. Engineering tribology [online]. Fourth edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, [2014], ©2014 [cit. 2018-02-13]. ISBN 978-0-12-397776-2 . Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/natl/Doc?id=10764908.

Advised literature

BHUSHAN, B. Introduction to tribology [online]. 2nd ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013. Tribology series; Mar. 2013 [cit. 2018-02-13]. Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/natl/Doc?id=10657826.