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Theoretical modeling of surface texturing in hydrodynamic lubrication is a necessary first step to obtain favorable effect of the texturing. This invited review presents a comprehensive summary of the modeling of several basic applications that was done mostly by the author’s group at Technion and published in the relevant literature.
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Izhak ETSION. He received his PhD degree in 1974 from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Since then he was a faculty at the Department of Mechanical Engineering where he is currently a Professor Emeritus. He is the author and co-author, together with his many graduate students, of over 190 technical publications on various aspects of tribology. He holds 15 patents and is the founder of Surface Technologies Ltd. that developed the laser surface texturing (LST) technology for friction and wear reduction. His research interests are in hydrodynamic lubrication, surface texturing, contact mechanics, nano-tribology and bio-tribology. He is a frequent invited scientist to academic institutions worldwide, among the more recent ones are Northeastern University and UC San Diego in the US, Cambridge University in the UK, Tsinghua University in China, UWA in Australia, the Indian Institute of Science in India and the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil.
In addition to his academic activities, he also served the tribology community as founder of the Israel Tribology Society, Associate Editor of Journal of Tribology published by ASME, Secretary of the ASME Tribology Division Executive Committee, Chairman of ASME Tribology Division Nomination and Oversight Committee, and Chair of the STLE Fellows Committee.
He is a Member of the Israel Tribology Society, Fellow of the ASME and Fellow of the STLE. He is also the recipient of the STLE 2005 International Award.
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Etsion, I. Modeling of surface texturing in hydrodynamic lubrication. Friction 1, 195–209 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-013-0018-y
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