Frontiers of Tribology

A.D Roberts Malaysian Rubber Producers' Research Assoication, Hertford, UK.

• ForewordIntroductory PaperTribology and PhysicsD TaborAdhesionAdhesion of nanoparticles within spray-dried agglomeratesK Kendall and T P WeihsAdherence of natural rubber sheets subjected to biacial tensile strainE Felder and M BarquinsEffect of compounding on the adhesion of rubber to medium carbon steelL A Reeves and D E PackhamThe effect of surface topography on the adhesion of poly(urethane)-metal contacts B J Briscoe and S S PanesarFrictionFriction of surgeons’ glovesA D Roberts and C A BrackleyThe friction and wear of diamond sliding on diamondZ Feng and J E FieldAn energy dispersive x-ray and imaging x-ray photoelectron spectrosocopical study of transfer film chemistry and its influence on friction coefficientA Wirth and R WhitakerMicromechanical modelling of load-dependent friction in contacts of elastic spheresU Tuzun and O R WaltonMicrodistortion of polymer surfaces by frictionE Hamada and R KanekoLubricationOn the nature of the transfer film at the interface of a water-lubricated sliding polymer-metal coupleK Marcus, A Ball and C AllenThe effect of substrate surface roughness on the friction and wear of sputtered MoS2 filmsE W Roberts, B J Williams and J A OgilvyEvaluation of very think lubricant filmsY Andoh, S Oguchi, R Kaneko and T MiyamotoBoundary lubrication of rubber by aqueous surfactantS C Richards and A D RobertsAbrasive wear in lubricated contactsJ A Williams and A M HyncicaFluid-film lubrication in the internal combustion engine: an invited reviewC M TaylorAn elastohydrodynamic analysis of a misaligned sterntube bearing R W JakemanMathematical analysis of the performance of tilting-pad journal bearing under static loadW B Fu and Z M JinThe behavior of greases in elastohydrodynamic contactsP M Cann, B P Williamson, R C Coy and H A SpikesThe squeeze-film lubricaton of ellipsoidsM A A Bedewi, D Dowson and C M TaylorDevelopments in fluorinated liquid lubricants and lubricant additivesK Johns, C Corti, L Montagna and P SrinivasanEffect of extreme-pressure additives on fatigue life of rolling bearingsG T Y Wan, E v Amerongen and H LankampMechanism of oil and lubricant action under transient conditions of bearing operation N F Dmitrichenko, R G Mnatsakanov, M V Raiko and V G GrabchakWearThe generation of wear surfacesJ A Williams and Y XieFrictional temperature field and its relationship to the trastition of wear mechanisms of steel 52100You Wang, Tingquan Lei, Mufu Yan and Caiqiao GaoComputer simulation of the effect of pre-oxidation in erosion-corrosion enviornments M M Stack, F H Stott and G C WoodUpdating the fracture theory of wearY KimuraThe formation of glass in the wear of reaction-bonded silicon nitrideM G GeeThe influence of temperature on the friction and wear of thin ceramic coatings in carbon dioxideF H Stott, D R G Micthell and G C WoodSelection of wear-resistant materials for the petrochemical industryD Cooper, F A Davis and R J K WoodThe role of water in the wear of ceramicsJ K Lancaster, Y A H Mashal and A G AtkinsDuctile-brittle transitions and wear maps for the erosion and abrasion of brittle materialsI M HutchingsA model for the erosice wear of rubber at oblique impact anglesJ C Arnold and I M HutchingsThe application of confocal scanning microcopy to the examination of ceramic wear surfacesM G Gee and N J McCormickSurface TopographyResidual stress and surface roughness in fretting fatigueR B Waterhouse and A J TrowsdaleMetrological characterization of polymeric bearings at the nanometmre levelS T Smith, S Harb and D G ChetwyndThe classification of rough surface contacts in relation to tribiologyC Y Poon and R S SaylesThe effect of crystal oreientation on the indentation cracking and hardness of MgO single crystalsM Y Khan, L M Brown and M M ChaudhriMechanical wear models for metallic surfaces in sliding contactB S Hockenhull, E M kopalinksy and P L B OxleyContact mechanics: needs for metallic surfaces in sliding contactM Godet, Y Berthier, M C Dubourg and L VincentRelocatable 3D surface mapping quantifies asperity polishing and limiting oil-film thicknessD R Bury, D R Eastham and J M Conway-JonesSurface engineeringSurface engineering… an enigma of choicesR S Cowan and W O WinerWear resistance and structure of (Ti, Al)N coatingsA V Byeli, A A MInevich, A V Stepanenko, L A Gick and O V KholodilovSurface engineering: its current and future impact on tribologyT BellSimulation of the tribological behavior of tools for cutting ductile materialsK H Habig and G Meier zu KockerA transient elastohydrodynamic lubrication analysis of a cam and followerD Dowson, C M Taylor and G ZhuFactors affecting the durability of repeatedly stressed flexible magnetic recording mediaJ L Sullivan and P J SharmaThe effect of head-cleaning agents on the wear mechanisms of video heads L A Reeves and J L Sullivan Closing PaperDevelopments in lubrication—the thinning filmD Dowson