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The Friction and Lubrication of Solids
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This classic work, originally published in 1950, was a landmark in the development of the subject of tribology. When it was first published, one reviewer wrote that it 'marks the beginning of a new epoch in the study of friction and lubrication .... The most interesting and comprehensive work on a single branch of physics I have ever read.' For the 1986 reprint David Tabor wrote a new preface, reviewing developments in the subject in the 36 years since the book first appeared. He has also added an appreciation of the life and work of F.P. Bowden, who died in 1968.
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“In air (and likewise in oils), as shown long ago by Hardy and extensively studied since [7, 8, 92, 93], the boundary layers adhere through van der Waals bonding at the interface between their alkyl tails. When sliding past each other, these bonds shear and sliding occurs at the midplane interface, which is then the slip plane.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bowden, F. P., & Tabor, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- ORCID
- Tabor, D
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2001-02-08
- OpenAlex
- W4388375513
- Cited by
- 1,059
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 69 · 2025: 85 · 2024: 70 · 2023: 76 · 2022: 74 · 2021: 58 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 62 · 2018: 54 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 36 · 2015: 40 · 2014: 33 · 2013: 38 · 2012: 27
- FWCI
- 5.15
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- friction, lubrication, tribology, solids, contact mechanics, adhesion
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