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MM8405

Advanced tribology and surface technology

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Credits 7.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

Tribology is the science and engineering of surfaces in relative motion. The course deals with the main tribological mechanisms of component and construction failure. In this course you will learn about surface roughness, friction and lubrication regimes, wear and lubricant chemistry. The goal of the course is to give the students knowledge and skills in wear, friction, lubrication, lubricants for meeting the needs of the industry in their future professional careers.The aim is to provide the student with tools within the field of tribology to perform proper and adequate research.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

  • Theories of lubrication
  • Lubricants and their chemistry
  • Theories of wear
  • Theories of friction

Skills:

  • Ability to understand the different theories from multiple sources,and be able to use this theory on practical applications.
  • Ability to report research results according to the understanding gained in the different theories
  • Ability to prepare a presentation with the goal of communicating research results
  • Be able to communicate and present the obtained knowledge

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, teamwork, quizzes and a semester project. Parts of the course may use a flipped classroom model. Students need to submit a project to access examination. The lectures and exercises are in English. The examination papers will be given in English only. Students are free to choose Norwegian or English for answering the exam.

Compulsory assignments

  • Project

Further on evaluation

Some lectures in this course will use quizzes, exercises and a project as learning tool. The quizzes are optional. The project will be mandatory to go to the exam.

If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Required previous knowledge

All students taking this course must be enrolled in a ph.d program at NTNU or a different university.

Course materials

Lecture notes (power point presentations), some research papers, documents uploaded in blackboard, videos, voluntary exercises and quizzes. Book: Engineering Tribology, Authors: Stachowiak, Batchelor. From www.sciencedirect.com

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TMM4205 4 sp Autumn 2024
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Machine Design and Materials Technology - Mechanical Integrity
  • Machine Design and Matherials Technology - Products and Machine Design
  • Machine Design and Materials Technology
  • Machine Design and Materials Technology - Mechanical Integrity in Machine Design
  • Materials and Processes
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering