Application of the phenomenon of self-organization for the development of wear resistant materials has been reviewed. For this purpose the term of self-organization and dissipative structures as applied to tribology have been discussed. The applications of this phenomenon have been shown in order to develop new wear resistant- and antifriction materials. Specific examples have been shown for the application of the self-organization phenomenon and the generation of dissipative structures for the formation of tribotechnical materials with enhanced wear resistance for current collecting materials and antifriction materials of bearings.

— This article discusses the tribotechnical properties of complex aluminum antifriction alloys doped with tin in the range of 5.5 to 11.0%. Due to complex doping with additional ingredients...

The results of tests on the scoring resistance of newly developed aluminum antifriction alloys and antifriction bronze have been presented. It has been shown that the load of scoring for aluminum alloys is significantly higher than for bronze with a maximum content of the soft structural component, i.e., the best antifriction bronze.

New complex alloying has been designed for aluminum antifriction alloys. Their tribological behavior has been determined, including the running-in ability, scoring resistance, and wear resistance. The interconnection of the tribological properties of experimental alloys with a doping level by different elements has been analyzed. Recommendations on the optimum content of alloying elements for the antifrictionality of the aluminum based alloys have been given.

A method of in situ measuring surface tension of a solid-gas interface is described theoretically and is realized experimentally. The method is based on the Udin technique, which reduces to the determination of the load of zero creep, i.e., the load on a sample at which no deformation of the sample occurs at a high temperature. It is assumed that the load of zero creep balances the force of surface tension. This load is found by a linear interpolation of the strain-rate dependence on the load to the zero strain. A method is described which makes it possible to directly find the load of zero creep in the process of experiment, i.e., an “in situ” method. An installation was designed and preliminary experiments were performed, which show the correctness of the theoretical calculations and the experimental procedure. The experiments were carried out in a hydrogen atmosphere at 960°C. The possibility is shown of finding the load of zero creep by the method of the straightening of the experimental strain-rate dependence on stress in the process of the experiments carried out in the work.