Advanced Tribology (FSI-9EHD)

Academic year 2026/2027
Supervisor: prof. Ing. Martin Hartl, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚK all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
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Conditions for gaining the exam:

  • submission and defense of individual work on selected theme related to the field of contact problems, lubrication, friction or wear. The work consists of two selected problems according to the focus of the student's dissertation from the areas of theoretical description, calculations, numerical modeling for the purpose of new original results, or analysis of own or published results.

Absence from lessons may be compensated for according to the teacher's instructions.
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Type of course unit:
    Lecture  10 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture

- Tribological system and processes. Principles and regimes of lubrication.
- Material Properties. Lubricant Rheology.
- Elastostatic Contacts. Contact between rough surfaces. Stresses and Contact Fatigue.
- Governing Equations of Fluid Film Lubrication. Theory of Conformal and Non-conforming Contacts Lubrication.
- Thermal, Transient and Abnormal Phenomena in Contacts.
- Friction and Non-linear Lubricant Behavior in Contacts. Micro-EHD lubrication and mixed EHD lubrication.
- Boundary lubrication, solid lubricants and coatings.
- Wear mechanisms and wear analysis.
Literature - fundamental:
1. Stachowiak, G. W., A. W. Batchelor. Engineering Tribology. 4th edition. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014. [cit. 2019-08-30] ISBN 0123970474. [Online] Dostupná z: https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpETE00005/engineering-tribology/engineering-tribology
2. Bhushan, B. Principles and Applications of Tribology. New York: John Wiley, 1999. ISBN 04-715-9407-5.
3. Gohar, R., H. Rahnejat. Fundamentals of Tribology. 1st edition. London: Imperial College Press, 2008. ISBN: 1-84816-184-0.
4. Gohar, R. Elastohydrodynamics. 2nd edition. London: Imperial College Press, 2001. ISBN 1-86094-170-2.
Literature - recommended:
1. Dowson, D. History of Tribology. 1st edition. London: Professional Engineering Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-86058-070-X.
2. Hamrock, B. J. Fundamentals of Fluid Film Lubrication. 1st edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-07-025956-9.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
D-KPI-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- DrEx 0 Compulsory-optional 3 1 W