Nanotribology and friction composites

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	9360-0209/01
Abbreviation	NFK
Course title	Nanotribology and friction composites
Credits	10
Coordinating department	CNT - Nanotechnology Centre
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Vladimír Tomášek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. The basics of friction process theory
Development of friction theories
Actual friction theories
Friction on the nanoscale

2. Development of friction materials
History of friction materials development
Friction composites carbon – carbon
Friction composites on the basis of organic resins
Sintered metal friction materials.

3. Mechanical testing of friction composites
Road testing
Laboratory testing equipments (dynamometers)

4. Methods of characterization of friction materials and products of friction process
Methods of chemical analysis (XRF, ICP, AAS, IRS)
Methods of structure and phase analysis (XRD, SEM+EMA, IRS)
Thermal analysis and analysis of thermal decomposition products

5. Modification of friction composite during friction process
Formation of friction layer on the friction composites surface
Suspended and sedimentary parts of wear material
Formation of nano-particles during friction process

6. Reaction of friction composites with water and salt solutions
Formation of corrosion products and their influence on the friction properties
Mechanism of friction composites reaction with salt solutions

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.

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