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  1. Optimisation of a chuck for cardboard can seaming – part 1: surface engineering and tribological evaluation

    Article • Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, September 2020, Emerald

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  2. Optimisation of a chuck for cardboard can seaming – part 2: numerical modelling and statistical analyses

    Article • Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, September 2020, Emerald

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  3. Influence of Water Absorption on Static Friction of Pure and Friction-Modified PA6 Polymers

    Article • Key Engineering Materials, April 2019, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh, Dr. Joel Voyer

  4. Properties of nitrocarburised and oxidised steel surfaces and the correlation with their tribological behaviour under unlubricated sliding conditions

    Article • Wear, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  5. Development of a Constitutive Model for Friction in Bulk Metal Forming

    Article • Lubricants, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  6. Reduction of the Adhesive Friction of Elastomers through Laser Texturing of Injection Molds

    Article • Lubricants, November 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  7. Tribology of anodized Al surfaces from the view of their crystalline structure

    Article • Solid State Phenomena, October 2017, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr. Joel Voyer, Dr. Igor Velkavrh, Juergen Schmidt

  8. Using a standard pin-on-disc tribometer to analyse friction in a metal forming process

    Article • Tribology International, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  9. The influence of carbide coarsening on the friction properties of thermally affected 9–12 wt. % Cr steels

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, May 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  10. Sub-Micro Laser Modifications of Tribological Surfaces

    Article • Materials Performance and Characterization, January 2017, ASTM International

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh, Dr. Joel Voyer

  11. Plasma nitrocarburising for dry sliding contacts

    Article • Key Engineering Materials, December 2016, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh, Dr. Joel Voyer

  12. The influence of temperature on friction and wear of unlubricated steel/steel contacts in different gaseous atmospheres

    Article • Tribology International, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  13. Wear mechanisms of different nitrocarburised steel samples

    Article • Key Engineering Materials, January 2016, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  14. The effect of gaseous atmospheres on friction and wear of steel–steel contacts

    Article • Tribology International, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  15. Non-conventional inverse-Stribeck-curve behaviour and other characteristics of DLC coatings in all lubrication regimes

    Article • Wear, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  16. Improving the performance of a proportional 4/3 water–hydraulic valve by using a diamond-like-carbon coating

    Article • Wear, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  17. Comparison of the effects of the lubricant-molecule chain length and the viscosity on the friction and wear of diamond-like-carbon coatings and steel

    Article • Tribology International, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  18. How the addition of a lubricant changes the friction and wear behaviour of DLC-coated contacts?

    Article • Tribology - Materials Surfaces & Interfaces, June 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  19. The influence of viscosity on the friction in lubricated DLC contacts at various sliding velocities

    Article • Tribology International, December 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  20. The Stribeck curve and lubrication design for non-fully wetted surfaces

    Article • Wear, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  21. Review of boundary lubrication mechanisms of DLC coatings used in mechanical applications

    Article • Meccanica, June 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  22. A Viscosity-Based Study of the Tribo-Physical Effects in Boundary-Lubricated DLC Contacts

    Article • January 2008, ASME International

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh

  23. Analyses of the Long-Term Performance and Tribological Behavior of an Axial Piston Pump Using Diamondlike-Carbon-Coated Piston Shoes and Biodegradable Oil

    Article • Journal of Tribology, January 2008, ASME International

    Dr. Igor Velkavrh