Tribology and Sustainability

Dr. Jitendra Kumar Katiyar is a Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Former SRM University), Kattankulathur, Chennai. He is associated with Tribology and Surface Interaction Research laboratory which is an advanced research lab dedicated to the promotion, development, and understanding of tribology in different application such as bearing, lubrication and polymer composites. He obtained his Ph.D., from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2017. He has completed his masters from the same institution in 2010. He obtained his bachelor of technology from UPTU Lucknow with Honors in 2007. He has several life professional memberships such as Tribology Society of India, Malaysian Society of Tribology, and The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) etc. He has been invited for expert lecture from various institutes. He has published 20+ journal papers in reputed journals and has published/attended 25+ international/national conferences. He has also published more than dozen book chapters in CRC press, Springer and Elsevier. He has published two books in the field of tribology in Springer, Singapore. Those are Tribology in Materials and Application, and Automotive Tribology. He has also published Engineering Thermodynamics in Khanna Publication, New Delhi national level book for undergraduate. He is active reviewer in Tribology International, Wear, colloids and Interface Communications, Friction, Material Research Express, Defence Technology, Journal of Materials Research and Technology and Inderscience Journals etc. He received the grant from various government organization such as MHRD, SERB etc. He has conducted several events related to tribology such as Industrial Tribology, Tribology in Materials and manufacturing. He is the organizer of TRIBOINDIA 2020, 2nd international conference under the aegis of Tribology Society of India in the month of December 2020.

This book highlights sustainable solutions in tribology via development of self-lubricating materials, green additives in lubricants, natural fiber reinforced materials and biomimetic approaches. Backed by supporting schematic diagrams, data tables and illustrations for easy understanding, it focusses on the recent advancements.

Section I: Materials Tribology 1. Materials for Tribological Applications: An Overview 2. Tribology of Lightweight Materials 3. Self-Lubricating Iron-Based Metal Matrix Composites 4. Metal Matrix Nanocomposites: Physical, Mechanical and Tribological Properties 5. Tribological Properties of Green Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites Reinforced with Synthetic and Industrial-Agricultural Wastes 6. Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites 7. Solid Lubricant Coatings: Effective Lubricating Coatings for Tribological Applications 8. Frictional Behaviour of Gelatin Based Soft Lubricants Section II: Sustainable Lubrication 9. Recent Progress in Vegetable Oil-Based Lubricants for Tribological Applications 10. Biolubricants 11. Group IV Base Stock: Polyalphaolefin - A High-Performance Base Oil for Tribological Applications 12. Role of Surfactants and Their Concentrations on the Tribological Characteristics of MWCNT-in-Oil Lubricants for Hybrid AMMC-Steel Sliding Contact 13. A Nexus of Tribology and Rheology to Study Thin-Film Mechanics of Asphalt-Aggregate Interaction during Mixing and Compaction 14. Effect of Fatty Acid Composition on the Lubricating Properties of Bio-Based Green Lubricants 15. Multi-Lobe Journal Bearings Analysis with Limited Texture 16. Minimum Quantity Lubrication for Sustainable Manufacturing Section III: Biotribology 17. Biomedical Tribology 18. Tribological Studies on Titanium Alloys for Biomedical Applications 19. Tribological Aspects of Artificial Joints 20. Biomedical Tribology: Wear of Polyethylene in Total Joint Replacement 21. Tribological Review of Medical Implants Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing 22. Aqueous Lubrication