| Abstract: | A review of some aspects of current tribology activities in the UK and Europe is given. The survey is based largely on open literature publications which have appeared within the last four years, and on papers presented at recent tribology conferences, up to July 1985. Areas of interest which are high-lighted include: technology transfer; friction, lubrication and wear research; tribo-testing; computers in tribology; failure diagnosis; plant condition monitoring; tribology in hostile environments (nuclear, off-shore, space); surface treatments and surface coatings; plastics; ceramics; and bio-engineering. |
