Review article

LUBRICANTS, MATERIALS AND LUBRICATION ENGINEERING

Ljiljana Pedišić

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The past century and the end of the millennium have been marked by a rich development of technique, technology, materials and lubricants. However, the last years of the former century have shown that not only the technological advancement and economic development have social significance, but also environmental protection and human health. Energy saving and natural resources have become the central environmental protection concern. Public concern about lubricants has been raised because each year 40-50% of around 5 million tons of used lubricants ends up in the environment instead of being recycled using any of the available methods.
The goal is to develop tribological systems that are less environmentally harmful, while at the same time offering high performances. This is possible to achieve by applying new materials or coats over the contact surfaces or by applying less environmentally and health hazardous lubricants with high performances. Apart from that, development of informatics and numerical methods, as tools for designing the tribological system, as well as a rich database and new maintenance and testing methods, guarantee improved application.

Keywords

lubrication; viewpoint of research and development; development forecast; period up to 2010 y

Hrčak ID:

8742

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/8742

Publication date:

30.12.2002.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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