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Current PostDoc theses and dissertation topics

Plastic deformation in tribological interfaces

Turbine with enlarged section at nanometer level of materials sliding against each other

© Forschungsgruppe Tribologie

Tribological fundamentals of two-dimensional materials

Representation of various carbide and nitrite atomic compounds.

© Philipp Grützmacher

Computational tribochemistry

Lubricated gears with section of contact area with lubricant and gears as micro view

© Forschungsgruppe Tribologie

Failure Prediction in Rolling Contacts

Rollers of a tribometer with simplified data path, as well as visualized results of a test on the tribometer

© Surya Kannan Peesapati

Tribological relationships of high-pressure grinding of casted steel slabs

Grinding machine table in operation

© Franz Kroiss

Near surface damages in frictional contacts

treated surfaces in micro view

© Forschungsbereich Tribologie

Effects of laser surface texturing under lubricated conditions

Microscopic image of a laser-treated surface with 4 and 100 micrometer resolution

© Forschungsgruppe Tribologie

Past Research Activities

Automated analysis of deformation twins in molecular dynamics simulations

Cubic simulation cell of a molecular dynamics simulation, divided into the partial results of the individual steps of the tool presented.

Tribofilm formation in cylinder roller bearings

Cut view of a shaft with inscriptions and on the left a cut axial cylindrical roller bearing

© Forschungsgruppe Tribologie

Lubricant guidance in machine elements

Lubricant droplet in micrograph

© Forschungsgruppe Tribologie

Description of engineered surfaces and multi-scale contact modelling

Diagrams of probability distribution and surface condition depending on position coordinates

© Forschungsgruppe Tribologie

Optimized metal forming through modeling of friction processes

Rolling of a workpiece with views of various microscopic processes

© André Rudnytskyj

Statistics of friction force on (a)periodic atomic structures

Blue bar chart of a Gaussian bell

© Maja Srbulovic

Loss of lubrication in helicopter gears

Helicopter gearbox cut open

© Forschungsbereich Tribologie

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