NEW IMPLICATIONS OF THE REHBINDER EFFECT IN TRIBOLOGY - A REVIEW

The main solutions of typical elastic-plastic problems (including the tribocontact oxide) of physicochemical mechanics for surface-plasticiz ed and surface-hardened materials are reviewed. The influence of surfa ce-active media and residual stresses arising in the near-surface laye rs of solids after the 'loading-unloading' cycle of the real material structure, including distributions of linear and point lattice defects in soft and hard structural material components, is analysed. The rol e of the Rehbinder effect in establishing the antiwear mode of working conditions for real sliding tribopairs is shown by particular example s.