Description
Surface texturing has been recognized as a method for enhancing the tribological properties of surfaces for many years. Adding a controlled texture to one of two faces in relative motion can have many positive effects, such as reduction of friction and wear and increase in load capacity. To date, the true potential of texturing has not been realized due to the severe lack of detailed information about the mechanistic functional details of texturing in a tribological situation.
Inspiration and Design for Bio-Inspired Surfaces in Tribology: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a pivotal reference source that focuses on surface engineering techniques to mimic biological materials. Highlighting a broad range of topics including bio-mimetics, contact analysis, and thermodynamics, this book is ideally designed for engineers, environmentalists, academicians, researchers, and students.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Hisham Abdel-Aal
Hisham Abdel-Aa, obtained his first degree in Mechanical Engineering from Alexandria University, Alexandria Egypt. He received his Doctoral degree in Precision Engineering from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte in 1998. Since his graduation he has been active in research and teaching in the US and abroad. He occupied several invited positions in Europe, South America and Asia. Including a Research Professorship at the Laboratoire de Materiux et Procedes at Arts et Métiers ParisTech in France where he founded the first research group for Bio-inspired sustainable surfaces for manufacturing. Dr. Abdel-Aal, has lectured extensively on the subjects of tribology, Bio-inspired surfaces, and thermodynamics of wear, and is the author or co-author of over 150 research articles in books, journals, and conference proceedings the subjects of Tribology, surface engineering, Bio-inspired Surface engineering, and bio-mimetics.