Peter Jost, who passed away at the age of 95, is recognized as the father of tribology, a term he coined to describe the study of friction, wear, and lubrication. His pivotal 1966 report, commissioned by the UK government, revealed that lubrication issues in engineering primarily stem from design flaws rather than material deficiencies. Jost advocated for a multidisciplinary approach to solving these problems, integrating knowledge from chemistry, materials science, solid body mechanics, and physics.
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Peter Jost, who has died aged 95, coined the term “tribology” (from the Greek word “tribo” – I rub) to describe the science of friction, wear, and lubrication – giving birth to a new engineering discipline.
In 1966 Jost published a report, commissioned by the government, which showed, for the first time, that the problems of lubrication in engineering were mainly problems of design. Their solutions, Jost argued, needed a range of skills from scientific disciplines other than mechanical engineering – including chemistry and materials science, solid body mechanics and physics.
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