Vastness of Tribology Research Fields and Their Contribution to Sustainable Development

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Tribology is related to all studies on friction, wear, and lubrication. One of the main aims of these studies is a reduction in friction and wear. Tribology is extremely vast, being also multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. Therefore, it is very difficult to organize the several tribology subjects in an unique way and different classifications have been proposed by different authors. In this work, several subjects treated by tribology are reviewed and organized in six branches: Fundamental Tribology, Tribology of Materials and Lubricants, Micro and Nanotribology, Industrial Tribology, Biotribology, and New Frontiers of Tribology. The main subjects treated by the six branches are briefly reviewed in this paper in order to highlight the vastness of tribology and its important contribution to sustainability. Particularly, friction and wear reductions are strictly related to greater efficiency and material saving, which means less energy losses and material wastes, less pollution and therefore a more sustainable life according to the sustainable development goals. The connections among the latter and the several different tribological subjects are discussed.

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Ciulli, E. (2024, February 1). Vastness of Tribology Research Fields and Their Contribution to Sustainable Development. Lubricants. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12020033

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