Duncan Dowson’s impact on industrial tribology

Study of Tribology Application and its Impact on Indian Industries

The Material cannot is used in raw form for useful purposes. They have to be shaped and formed into articles through different manufacturing process. In some cases the materials are suitably finished for commercial uses. In other cases neither surface finish nor the dimensions are satisfactory for the final product. However, the selection of best process for a given product requires knowledge o...

Water tribology on graphene.

Classical experiments show that the force required to slide liquid drops on surfaces increases with the resting time of the drop, t(rest), and reaches a plateau typically after several minutes. Here we use the centrifugal adhesion balance to show that the lateral force required to slide a water drop on a graphene surface is practically invariant with t(rest). In addition, the drop's three-phase...

Studies on tribology

In high speed rotating machines such as turbines and generators, vibrations of a rotating shaft often hinder the smooth operation of the machine or even cause failure. Oil whip is one of such vibrations due to oil film action of journal bearing. Its mechanism and preventive method is explained and proposed in this paper. Further theoretical and experimental analyses are made for considering hea...

Duncan Wood

Mr. Duncan Wood, formerly Consultant Surgeon to e Royal Hospital, Bristol, Cossham Memorial HosBristol, and to Bridgwater Hospital, Somerset, 'ed on July 24th, 1969, at the age of 82. He was born on September 2nd, 1886, at iCorsham, J'tshire, where his father was in General Practice. ? was educated at the Imperial Service College, ^ich was at Windsor in those days. From there he ?nt to the Lond...

Duncan Macrae