Outline of subjects
Submissions should focus on one of the following topics (non-exhaustive) and contribute to sustainable mechanical engineering or design.
Fatigue & Fracture
Quasi-static fracture of components, joints and structures
- Mixed mode fracture
- Linear elastic fracture mechanics
- Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics
- Brittle fracture
- Ductile tearing
- Plastic collapse
- Environmentally assisted degradation of mechanical properties
Fatigue of components, joints and structures
- Variable amplitude fatigue
- Multi-axial fatigue
- (Ultra) Low cycle and (very) high cycle fatigue
- Endurance approach
- Crack initiation and propagation
- Lifetime extension
- Corrosion-fatigue
- Fretting fatigue
Tribology
Advanced Lubrication
- Multiscale modelling for lubrication
- Hydrodynamic lubrication in plain bearings, seals,….
- Thermo-Elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication in gears, bearings
- Plasto-elastohydrodynamic lubrication in production processes
- Mixed and Boundary lubrication
- Lubricant development (e.g Ionic Liquids), characterization and ageing
- Smart Lubrication by active control / tribotronics
Wear & Damage Modelling of Tribo-contacts
- Fundamental investigations of wear processes (abrasion, erosion ,corrosion, fretting, fatigue…)
- Computational multiscale modelling of wear processes.
- Experimental analysis and mapping of wear processes in diverse tribo-materials
- Rolling contact fatigue in dry and lubricated contacts
Tribo-Materials
- Advanced material development and testing: polymer composites, ceramics, porous bearing materials.
- Friction processes in mechanical components
- Novel design concepts in mechanical machinery and components
- Real-scale tribo-testing
- Bio-tribology
Condition Monitoring
- Novel sensor development and instrumentation for tribological condition monitoring
- Condition monitoring of lubricated contacts
- Condition monitoring of wear processes
- Virtual tribo-sensors, based on data-driven and/or physics-based modelling
