| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K37475/01 |
| Title: |
ROPA: DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF BOUNDARY LUBRICATING FILMS IN RUBBING CONTACTS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Spikes, Professor HA |
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| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
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ROPA |
| Starts: |
01 August 1994 |
Ends: |
31 July 1995 |
Value (£): |
50,616
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| Eng. Dynamics & Tribology |
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1. To improve a recently developed technique for measuring very thin films to measure films down to 1nm thickness, ie boundary films.2. To measure boundary films in sliding contacts.3. To test existing models of boundary lubrication.
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http://www.imperial.ac.uk |