Tribology in Sustainable Composites

This book covers sustainable composites and bio-composites in terms of proper selection of reinforcements, methods to improve the thermal and mechanical properties, techniques for uniform dispersion of the reinforcements and its tribological performance. Also, it details the testing and damage characterization methods of these composites.

"Tribological performance of sustainable composites depends upon external parameters such as interface and environmental temperature, contact pressure and behavior of contact materials at interface and so forth. This book covers sustainable composites and bio-composites in terms of proper selection of reinforcements, methods to improve the thermal and mechanical properties, techniques for uniform dispersion of the reinforcements and its tribological performance. Also, it details the testing and damage characterization methods of these sustainable composites. Features: Covers sustainable composites, their properties, fabrication techniques focus on their tribo-mechanical performance. Highlights the renewable sources used in the preparation of composites. Summarizes testing conditions affecting tribological properties of the composites. Provides an extensive review on bio-composite properties and its tribological performance for biomedical applications. Includes analytical overview of the different types of characterization techniques and tribological methods. This book aims at Researchers, Professionals, and Graduate students in Tribology, Composites, Mechanical and Materials Engineering"--