TY - CHAP AU - Xie You-Bai ED - Chang-Hung Kuo Y1 - 2011-10-12 PY - 2011 T1 - Theory of Tribo-Systems N2 - In the past decades, significant advances in tribology have been made as engineers strive to develop more reliable and high performance products. The advancements are mainly driven by the evolution of computational techniques and experimental characterization that leads to a thorough understanding of tribological process on both macro- and microscales. The purpose of this book is to present recent progress of researchers on the hydrodynamic lubrication analysis and the lubrication tests for biodegradable lubricants. BT - Tribology SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/21852 DO - 10.5772/21852 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-23 ER -