Citation
(2003), "Editorial", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 55 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilt.2003.01855faa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
Editorial
In this issue we are pleased to present five papers representing very different fields of interest relevant to our overall understanding of tribological matters.
Predrag Dašic´ and colleagues from several European countries have co-operated to produce a very useful reference paper on various organisations and standards existing in the tribology world.
Dr Philippe Kapsa and fellow workers from Ecole Central de Lyon in France report on their research into the friction damage of aluminium alloys. They demonstrate the method used to reproduce real world damage situations in the laboratory. As they report the dramatic increase in the use of aluminium alloys in motor car construction makes this type of work important. Indeed there is already one well known manufacturer apparently experiencing problems with cars, which are few years old because of a lack of knowledge of how these alloys perform in this new area in real life.
Again considering aluminium, but this time as the basis of a composite matrix we include work from Professor Victor Castaño and colleagues from academic institutions in Mexico on a particular method of producing the composite. Environmentally friendly lubricants seem to receive less attention these days in many countries except where specific problems exist. Thomas Norrby of Statoil Lubricants in Sweden provides some ideas in his paper on opportunities where these products can be promoted.
Finally for the pure mathematicians amongst you we include a contribution from Dr Rajesh Shah of the Nirma Institute in India. He describes his mathematical analysis of ferrofluid lubrication in a particular bearing type.
We are very pleased to receive comments from a respected reader of our Journal. He has made various constructive points which we will try to react to. However, we will welcome any comments you may wish to make. Your thoughts on the overall content of the Journal are of particular interest together with comments on any of the individual pieces of work included.
We look forward to hearing from you.