Automotive Tribology

Introduction.- Tribology of Automotive Engine.- Materials Aspects in Engine.- Tribo-Performance of Polymer Composite in Automotive Application: a Review.- Surface Coatings for Automobile Applications.- Prospects of Cavitation in the Field of Internal Combustion Engines.- Tribological performance of surface textured automotive components: A review.- Influence of Surface Texturing in Controlling Friction and Wear.- Influence of fillers on thermo-mechanical and tribological behavior of GFRP composites.- Mechanical and Erosion characteristics of natural fiber reinforced polymer composite: Effect of Filler size.- Erosion Wear Behaviour and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Hybrid Reinforced Polymer Composite for Automotive Application.- Effect of Reinforcements on the Tribological behavior of Aluminum Matrix Surface composites.- The Future of Metal Foam Materials in the Automotive Industry.- The Potential of Natural fibers/ fillers for Automotive Sector.- Lubrication Aspects in Automobile.- Sustainable Lubrication in Automobiles.- Grease Lubrication.- Lubrication Effectiveness and Sustainability of solid/liquid Additives in Automotive Tribology.- The Potential of Bio-lubricantsin Automotive Tribology.- Asbestos free braking pads by using organic fiber based reinforced composites for automotive industries.- Analysis of Partial Texture Journal Bearing Lubricated with Couple Stress Fluids.- Shot peening effects on abrasive wear behavior of medium carbon steel.

Jitendra Kumar Katiyar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India. His research interests include tribology of carbon materials, polymer composites, self-lubricating polymers, lubrication tribology and coatings for advanced technologies. He obtained his BE from  UPTU Lucknow in 2007and his Masters and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2010 and 2017 respectively. He is affiliated with several professional societies including the Tribology Society of India, Malaysian Society of Tribology, and The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). He has published more than two dozen papers in reputed journals and international conferences and also serves as a reviewer in many reputed journals.

Shantanu Bhattacharya is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Head of the Design Program at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Prior tothis, he completed his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, and a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. He also completed postdoctoral training at the Birck Nanotechnology Center at the Purdue University, USA. His main research interests are design and development of micro- and nano-sensors and actuation platforms, nanoenergatic materials, micro- and nano-fabrication technologies, and water remediation using visible light photo catalysis, and product design and development. He has received many awards and accolades, including the Institute of Engineers Young Engineer Award, the Institute for Smart Structures and Systems Young Scientist Award, the Best Mechanical Engineering Design Award (National Design Research Forum, IEI), and Fellowship from the High Energetic Materials Institute in Australia, Fellowship of the Institution of Engineers (India).

Vinay K. Patel is an Assistant Professor in the Department