Academic and industrial tribology research in India—Current status

Holmberg K, Erdemir A. Influence of tribology on global energy consumption, costs and emissions. Friction 5(3): 263–284 (2017)

Holmberg K, Erdemir A. The impact of tribology on energy use and CO₂ emission globally and in combustion engine and electric cars. Tribol Int 135: 389–396 (2019)

Priya R, Ningshen S. The tribocorrosion behaviour and its mechanisms of type 304L stainless steel in nitric acid media. J Mater Eng Perform 32(12): 5261–5272 (2023)

Nair R B, Arora H S, Ayyagari A, Mukherjee S, Grewal H S. High entropy alloys: Prospective materials for tribo-corrosion applications. Adv Eng Mater 20(6): 1700946 (2018)

Gupta T, Bhattacharjee B, Mohanty S, Acharjee A, Chakraborti P. Experimental investigation of tribo-corrosive nature of biodiesel and its effect on lubrication system. J Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion 6: 119 (2020)

Sidh K N, Jangra D, Hirani H. An experimental investigation of the tribological performance and dispersibility of 2D nanoparticles as oil additives. Lubricants 11: 179 (2023)

Saini V, Bijwe J, Seth S, Ramkumar S S V. Unexplored solid lubricity of titanium nanoparticles in oil to modify the metallic interfaces. Appl Surf Sci 580: 152127 (2022)

Singh J, Kumar D, Tandon N. Development of nanocomposite grease: Microstructure, flow and tribological studies. J Tribol—T ASME 139(5): 052001 (2017)

Harsha A P, Wasche R, Joyce T J. Friction and wear of two polyethylenes under different tribological contact conditions. Polym Polym Compos 29: 393–404 (2021)

Sharma V, Gupta R K, Kailas S V, Basu B. Probing lubricated sliding wear properties of HDPE/UHMWPE hybrid bionanocomposites. J Biomater Appl 37(2): 204–218 (2022)

Hirwani J K, Nishimura R, Shinmori H, Morita T, Sawae Y, Sinha S K. Epoxy (SU-8) polymer composites with ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and hyaluronic acid fillers for hip prosthetic implant application. Tribol Int 167: 107399 (2022)

Moharana S, Otsuka Y, Gnanamoorthy R. Enhancing the fretting damage resistance of suspension plasma sprayed hydroxyapatite coating with Titania addition. Surf Coat Technol 476: 130236 (2024)

Kumar D, Jain J, Gosvami N N. Nanometer-thick base oil tribofilms with acrylamide additive as lubricants for AZ91 Mg Alloy. ACS Appl Nano Mater 3(10): 10551–10559 (2020)

Agrawal C, Wadhwa J, Pitroda A, Pruncu C I, Sarikaya M, Khanna N. Comprehensive analysis of tool wear, tool life, surface roughness, costing and carbon emissions in turning Ti–6Al–4V titanium alloy: Cryogenic versus wet machining. Tribol Int 153: 106597 (2021)

Singh A, Ghosh S, Aravindan S. Pseudo analytical modelling of flank wear for coated/micro blasted cemented carbide cutting tools. J Manuf Process 80: 54–68 (2022)

Basha M M, Sankar M R. Experimental investigations on surface morphology and metallurgical studies of additive manufactured stainless steel features finished by electrolytic ionic interactions. Tribol Int 188: 108776 (2023)

Padhan M, Marathe U, Bijwe J. A comparative assessment of nano and microparticles of carbides for performance augmentation of UHMWPE in abrasive and erosive wear modes. Wear 514–515: 204568 (2023)

Padhan M, Marathe U, Bijwe J. Carbon fibre decorated with in-situ grown silver nanoparticles in epoxy composite for enhanced performance. Nanomaterials 12: 3986 (2023)

Singh N, Sinha S K. Tribological and mechanical analysis of hybrid epoxy based polymer composites with different in situ liquid lubricants (silicone oil, PAO and SN150 base oil). Wear 504–505: 204404 (2022)

Kushwaha S, Bhaduria A, Bajpai S, Tiwari A, Pandey K K, Keshri A K, Balani K. Mechanical, microstructural, and fretting wear behaviour of Al₂O₃–ZrO₂–CNT based bimodal composite coatings. Wear 532–533: 205127 (2023)

Pattnayak M R, Pandey R K, Dutt J K. Performance improvement of an oil-lubricated journal bearing using bionic-textures fused micro-pockets. J Tribol—T ASME 144: 041804 (2022)

Kumar V, Sharma S C. Performance analysis of rough surface hybrid thrust bearing with elliptical dimples. P I Mech Eng J—J Eng 235(6): 1101–1113 (2021)

Mishra P, Ramkumar P. Synergistic effect of surface texturing and coating on the friction between piston ring and cylinder liner contact. P I Mech Eng J—J Eng 235(7): 1298–1311 (2021)

Kumar A, Sharma S C. Ferrofluid lubrication of optimized spiral-grooved conical hybrid journal bearing using current-carrying wire model. J Tribol—T ASME 144: 041801 (2022)

Pattnayak M R, Pandey R K, Dutt J K. Experimental research on the performance improvement of aerodynamic journal bearing with a new bore design. Tribol Int 188: 108882 (2023)

Chatterjee A, Sinha S K, Dubey D K. Effect of sliding velocity on the nanoscale friction behaviour of articular cartilage contact interface: Insights from all-atom molecular dynamics investigation. Mol Simulat 49(18): 1667–1683 (2023)

Ain Q U, Wani M F, Sehgal R, Singh M K. Tribological and mechanical characterization of carbon-nanostructures based PEEK nanocomposites under extreme conditions for advanced bearings: A molecular dynamics study. Tribol Int 196: 109702 (2024)