RECENT AND CURRENT TRENDS IN BASIC TRIBOLOGY RESEARCH

  • LARSEN-BASSE, J (Surface Engineering and Materials Design Program National Science Foundation)
  • 발행 : 2002.10.21

초록

Tribology research is constantly changing focus as new drivers for the research emerge. They include new industrial needs and barriers to performance, new possibilities brought about by new observation and modeling tools, and new people with different backgrounds. We outline the changes in basic academic tribology research over the past 15-20 years, as it is reflected in the research portfolio of the US National Science Foundation. While independent tribology programs may be a thing of the past there is a clear tendency for tribology research to continue as part of other activites, such as nano- and biotechnology and computational materials research.

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