Operational Reliability and Systematic Maintenance

by Kenneth Holmberg

Scientists from four countries cooperated in a reseach effort aimed at the imporvement of operational reliability via innovations in design and testing and systematic maintenance. The scientists had varied backgrounds ranging from mathematic to applied mechanical engineering, and the results fo this effort are documented in this book.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 1992

About the author

Kenneth Gösta Holmberg (born May 26, 1949, Helsinki) is a Finnish professor emeritus in Mechanical Engineering, especially Tribology.

Holmberg has studied the friction and wear of coated surfaces, computer simulation of tribological contacts, E-maintenance and global impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, emissions and economy. He has provided several scientific books and is an internationally recognised and awarded tribology expert.