The aim is to acquaint students with the basic theory of the friction process and its importance for practical applications, especially for use in brake systems of road vehicles, rail, but also aircraft and various special machines. The development of friction theories and friction materials and the composition and technology of current friction composites for various applications will be discussed. Attention will be paid to actual friction process and modification composite during friction process, both focusing on the characterization of the friction process, both the influence wear material, including nanoparticles on the environment and human health.
Literature
1. R. Limpert, Brake design and safety, SAE International, 2011
2. H. Smales, Friction Materials -Black Art or Science?, Proc. Instn. Mech. Engrs., vol. 209, Part D, Journal of Automobile Engineering 1995, p. 151 -157.
Advised literature
1. E. Gnecco, E. Meyer, Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale, Springer, 2007
2. B. Bhushan, J. N. Israelachvili, U. Landman, Nanotribology: friction, wear and lubrication at the atomic scale, Nature, vol. 374, no. 13, April 1995.