Syllabus
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Course Code: MTIP-104 Course Name: Industrial Tribology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Fundamentals of Tribology: Introduction to tribology and its historical background, Economic Importance of Tribology. Friction and Wear: Genesis of friction, friction in contacting rough surfaces, sliding and rolling friction, various laws and theory of friction. Stick-slip friction behavior, frictional heating and temperature rise. Friction measurement techniques. Wear and wear types. Mechanisms of wear - Adhesive, abrasive, corrosive, erosion, fatigue, fretting, etc., Wear of metals and non-metals. Wear models - asperity contact, constant and variable wear rate, geometrical influence in wear models, wear damage. Wear in various mechanical components, wear controlling techniques. |
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| 2 | Materials for Tribological Applications: An overview of engineering materials having potential for tribological
application. Characterization and evaluation of Ferrous and non-ferrous materials for tribological
requirements/applications, Composite materials (PM, CMC and MMC) for tribological applications. Surface treatment techniques: Surface treatment techniques such as carburising, nitriding, induction hardening, hard facing, laser surface treatments, etc with applications, Surface coating techniques such as electrochemical depositions, anodizing, thermal spraying, Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD), Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD), etc. and their applications. |
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| 3 | Lubrication and lubricants: Boundary Lubrication, Mixed Lubrication, Full Fluid Film Lubrication, Hydrodynamic, Elastohydrodynamic lubrication, Primary role of lubricants in mitigation of friction and wear & heat transfer medium, Composition and properties of lubricants, Fundamentals - Mineral oil based liquid lubricants, Synthetic liquid lubricants, Solid lubricants, greases and smart lubricants, Characteristics of lubricants and greases, Rheology of lubricants, Evaluation and testing of lubricants. | |
| 4 | Lubricants additives and application: Introduction to lubricant additives, Antioxidants and bearing corrosion inhibitors,
Rust inhibitors, Viscosity improvers, Extreme pressure additives. Consumption and conservation of lubricants: Lubricants for industrial machinery, Maintenance and conservation of lubricating oils, Storage and Handling of lubricants, Used lubricating oil, Environment and health hazards, Disposability and Recycling, Technical regulation for lubricants, Test specifications and standards for maintenance and management of industrial lubricants including greases and used oils, Selection of optimum lubricant for given application. |
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