MECH 560
TRIBOLOGY: THE STUDY OF FRICTION, LUBRICATION, AND WEAR
Tribology is the interdisciplinary study of interacting surfaces from the nanoscale to the macro-scale. These surfaces undergo friction and wear and sometimes, have fluids between them for lubrication. This course will occur mainly in two parts: (i) Contact Mechanics, (ii) Hydrodynamic (fluid) lubrication. Fundamental topics include friction, wear, heat transfer within interfaces, thin-film lubrication and computational Tribology.
Prerequisites & course information
Short Title: TRIBOLOGY Department: Mechanical Engineering Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027