**Meet the editor**

Hasim Pihtili was born in Elazig, Turkey in 1960. He graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Firat University, Turkey in 1986, after which he started his master science study and became Research Assistant at the same university. He completed his master study in 1988. He completed his PhD study in 1991 and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1993. He has

taught lectures on machine elements, composite materials and laboratory courses related to construction and manufacturing since 1988. He has numerous publications in national and international journals. Particularly, they are mainly about wear, composite materials and construction of machines. He has a chapter in the book "Woven Fabric Engineering". He is still a reviewer in various journals, and a member of Turkish Composites Manufacturers Association (TCMA), and has a patent at the same time.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **Effect of FeCr Intermetallic** 

Ibrahim Sevim

**Section 2 Lubrication 79** 

Erkan Bahçe and Cihan Ozel

Chapter 4 **A New Attempt to Better Understand** 

Chapter 6 **High Speed Rotors on Gas Bearings:** 

**on Wear Resistance of Fe-Based Composites 3**  S.O. Yılmaz, M. Aksoy, C. Ozel, H. Pıhtılı and M. Gür

**Arrehnius Equation and Its Activation Energy 47** 

Chapter 5 **Solid Particle Erosion on Different Metallic Materials 63**  Juan R. Laguna-Camacho, M. Vite-Torres, E.A. Gallardo-Hernández and E.E. Vera-Cárdenas

**Design and Experimental Characterization 81** 

Chapter 7 **High Temperature Self-Lubricating Materials 109**  Qinling Bi, Shengyu Zhu and Weimin Liu

> **Biolubricant Based on Jatropha Oil 135**  M. Shahabuddin, H.H. Masjuki and M.A. Kalam

Chapter 8 **Development of Eco-Friendly Biodegradable** 

G. Belforte, F. Colombo, T. Raparelli, A. Trivella and V. Viktorov

**Parameters on the Surface Roughness and the Formation of Built Up Edge (BUE) in the Drilling of Al 5005 15** 

Chapter 2 **Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Machining** 

Chapter 3 **Effect of Abrasive Particle Size on Abrasive Wear Resistance in Otomotive Steels 29** 

Andrzej Kulczycki and Czesław Kajdas

**Section 1 Wear 1** 
