The Conference on Friction and Surface Finish held at M.I.T. in 1940 was, almost from the first, recognized as an epoch-making event in the history of friction and wear studies. Students of tribology will be interested to know that the proceedings of this conference are again in print, after a lapse of more than fifteen years. The papers reprinted here remain valuable from both the technical and the historical points of view.
Contents
Introduction, Ernst Rabinowicz • Foreword, J. C. Hunsaker • Some General Aspects of Rubbing Surfaces, Arthur F. Underwood • The Metallurgy of Surface Finish, D. A. Wallace • Description and Observation of Metal Surfaces, Stewart Way • Surface Friction of Clean Metals – A Basic Factor in the Metal Cutting Process, Hans Ernst and M. Eugene Merchant • Boundary Lubrication, G. B. Karelitz • On the Mechanism of Boundary Lubrication, Otto Beeck, J. W. Givens, A. E. Smith, and E. C. Williams • Thin Film Lubrication, F. C. Linn • Mechanisms of Wear: Their Relation of Laboratory Testing and Service, R. W. Dayton • How Should Engineers Describe a Surface, O. R. Schurig • A Discussion of the Gillette Abrasive Stone Comparator, David H. Harris • Functionalism in Surface Finish, Kirke W. Connor and L. S. Martz • Automatic Machine for Investigating Boundary Phenomena in Sleeve Bearings, R. J. S. Pigott and Paul G. Exline • Taper Sectioning as a Means of Describing the Surface Contour of Metals, H. R. Nelson
