# Tribology
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## Microsims — three.js
### Tribology (three.js)
<div class="microsim-player">
<iframe src="https://wikitube-3d-microsims.netlify.app/Tribology.html" width="100%" height="620" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" title="Tribology — three.js microsim"></iframe>
</div>
**Open it full-screen:** [Tribology.html](https://wikitube-3d-microsims.netlify.app/Tribology.html) · library `threejs` · route `microsim/threejs/`
### Related microsims
Live sims on neighbouring articles:
- [[Failure_mode_and_effects_analysis]]
- [[Mathematical_optimization]]
- [[Queueing_theory]]
- [[Reliability_engineering]]
- [[Stanford_torus]]
- [[Structural_engineering]]
*Sim hosted off-article; the article owns the reference, not the runtime (WIKI_RULES §10.4). Placed by `g08_place_microsims.py`.*
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## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** flow field
- **Microsimmability score:** 64/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Sliding speed - 0 to 10 m/s`
- `Lubricant film thickness`
- `Applied load`
### What animates
A lubricant film is sheared between two surfaces and a Stribeck friction curve traces from boundary to hydrodynamic regimes as speed, film, and load change.
### Learning objective
Relate friction and wear to speed, load, and lubricant film thickness.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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`-logy` · `American_Journal_of_Physics` · `Ancient_Egypt` · `Ancient_Greek` · `Asperity_(materials_science)` · `Atomic_force_microscopy` · `Bearing_(mechanical)` · `Biographical_Memoirs_of_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society` · `Biology` · `Brake` · `Cavendish_Laboratory` · [[Ceramic_engineering]] · `Characterization_(materials_science)` · `Charles-Augustin_de_Coulomb` · `Charles_Hatchett` · [[Chemistry]] · `Clutch` · `Cold_welding` · `Computational_fluid_dynamics` · `Computational_materials_science` · `Condition_monitoring` · `Contact_mechanics` · [[Corrosion]] · `Crystallography` · `Efficiency` · `Electricity_generation` · `Energy_consumption` · [[Engineering]] · `Euro` · `Fault_(geology)` · `Forming_(metalworking)` · [[Fracture_mechanics]] · `Fretting` · `Friction` · `Gear` · `Glacier` · `Gold_coin` · `Graphene` · `Gross_domestic_product` · `Guillaume_Amontons` · `Henry_Cavendish` · `Institute_of_Physics` · `Institution_of_Mechanical_Engineers` · [[Interdisciplinarity]] · `Ionic_liquid` · `Laminar_flow` · `Leonardo_da_Vinci` · `Lubricant` · `Lubrication` · `MEMS` · `Machine_element` · `Macroscopic_scale` · [[Manufacturing]] · `Material` · `Materials_informatics` · [[Materials_science]] · `Mathematics` · `Matthew_Sands` · `Mesopotamia` · [[Metallurgy]] · `Microelectronics` · `Mineralogy` · [[Mining_engineering]] · `Nanoelectromechanical_systems` · `Natural_environment` · `Newtonian_fluid` · `Non-Newtonian_fluid` · [[Nuclear_engineering]] · `Oil_additive` · `Outer_space` · [[Physics]] · `Plain_bearing` · `Polymer_chemistry` · [[Polymer_engineering]] · `Polymer_physics` · `Polymer_science` · `Polytetrafluoroethylene` · `Popular_Mechanics` · `Popular_Science` · `Predictive_maintenance` · `Product_lifecycle` · `Radioactive_tracer` · `Residential_area` · [[Reynolds_number]] · `Richard_Feynman` · `Robert_B._Leighton` · `Rolling_contact_fatigue` · `Shear_stress` · `Soft_matter` · `Solid-state_chemistry` · `Solid-state_physics` · `Space_environment` · `Superlubricity` · `Surface_science` · `Synovial_joint` · `Theodor_Reye` · `Thermal_expansion` · `Transport` · `Tribocorrosion` · `United_Kingdom` · `Vapor_pressure` · [[Viscosity]] · `Viscosity_index` · `Wear` · `Wheel`
## From the Real GENERATIVE library
*Tribology — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Engineering room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tribometre_Vinci_1.jpg).*
> Tribology is the science and engineering of understanding friction, lubrication and wear phenomena for interacting surfaces in relative motion. It is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on many academic fields, including physics, chemistry, materials science, mathematics, biology and engineering.[1] The fundamental objects of study in tribology are tribosystem ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribology))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Process Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribology)
> Relation: subfield of process engineering.
## Concept summary
Tribology studies friction, wear, and lubrication between surfaces in relative motion, central to pumps, bearings, and moving process equipment.
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to process engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Tribology
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render flow field; respond live.
}
```
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## Semiotic profile
> *The semiotic universals this article invokes, machine-derived from the crossref — **unverified** (born so). Populated 2026-07-06 for the Systems room.*
**Universals (1):** 🟢 flow (3)
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribology) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Tribology)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Reliability_engineering]] · [[Self-organization]] · [[Systems_engineering]].
Legacy hubs: none.
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*Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*