In this second edition of Engineering Tribology we aim to update the contents of the first edition while maintaining its style. In this edition number of extra topics have been included to make the book more comprehensive as suggested by the reviewers of the first edition. The listings of literature citations have been extended to include recent findings from tribology research. Extra diagrams have also been included where it was found that the readability of the original text could be improved. Computer programs used in the numerical analysis have been upgraded from BASIC to MatLab in order to make them more accessible to current users. Despite all these changes, the purpose of writing ‘Engineering Tribology’ remains the same, i.e. to provide a reader-friendly and comprehensive introduction to the subject of tribology and its implications for engineering. This edition, like the first edition, is intended for final year under-graduate and post-graduate students and professional engineers. The subject matter of the book is also relevant to mechanical and materials engineering, applied chemistry and physics courses.A book which explains the concepts of tribology in terms useful to engineering students and engineers was, however, lacking. The situation was rather like attempting to describe the function of a machine to a non-specialist using manufacturers drawings. In many cases the basic models of friction and wear were not explained adequately. As a result more sophisticated concepts could not be understood. The interdisciplinary nature of tribologywith knowledge drawn from different disciplines such as mechanical engineering, materials science, chemistry and physics leads to a general tendency for the chemist to describe in detail, for example, lubricant additives, the mechanical engineer to discuss, for example, pad bearings and so on, with no overall guide to the subject.
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