The Principles of System Analysis and their Application to Tribology

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Abstract
Tribology is an interdisciplinary subject which is connected to parts of mechanical engineering, materials science, physics, chemistry, and other branches of science and technology. Therefore, in research, design, development, and application of tribological objects interdisciplinary superior principles are needed. Such principles may be found using the methods of general systems theory and engineering systems analysis. A general approach on the application of systems thinking to tribology is presented in the preceding article by G. Salomon. In this paper, first the mathematical methods of system analysis are described. Then, this formalizm is applied to tribological objects. Finally, the advantages of the system-analytical approach to tribology are summarized.

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