Course detail
Experimental Methods in Tribology
FSI-9EXT Acad. year: 2026/2027 Both semester
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Conditions for taking the exam:
- submission and defense of individual work measurement or experimental analysis of a selected tribological problem. The work covers themes from two selected areas: the theory of experimental methods, the theory of experimental data analysis, error analysis and measurement quality, design of experiments, and the design of results evaluation.
Absence from lessons may be compensated for according to the teacher's instructions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The study programmes with the given course
Programme D-KPI-P: Design and Process Engineering, Doctoral
branch ---: no specialisation, 0 credits, recommended course
Type of course unit
Lecture
20 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
- Samples and Characterization of Test Specimens. Lubricant and Process Fluid and Solids Analysis.
- Sample Preparation. Control of the Test Environment.
- Surface Topography Measurement.
- Tribometers. Controlling of Load, Measurement of Friction and Wear.
- Optical Methods for Analysis of Tribological Processes.
- Wear Analysis, Surface and Subsurface Micrography, Chemical Analysis.
- Design of Experiment.
- Statistical Analysis of Data.
- Measurement Errors, Noise, Precision and Accuracy.