COST 532

TRIBOSCIENCE and TRIBOTECHNOLOGY

Superior Friction and Wear Control in Engines and Transmissions

                           

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The COST 532 action is finished since end of march 2007...

You can find hereunder some documents about this COST action :

 

&  the administrative final report (14 pages, pdf file, 334 kO)

 

&  the scientific final report (350 pages, pdf file, 67,4 MO)

 

¥  Poster of final results (pdf file, 4.2 MO)

 

¸  Cost 532 highlights slideshow (pdf file, 5.6 MO)

 

¸  Cost 532 final final report slideshow (pdf file, 7.9 MO)

 

 

 

some information on the various aspects of the action :

 

1 - Presentation of COST 532   click here

               a Memorandum of Understanding (pdf)

               a Presentation slides of COST 53(pdf)

               a Organisation by WORKING GROUPS     click here for a list of affiliated projects

WG1  Engine systems  A. Igartua and K. Tønder  click here for details (pdf)
WG2  Transmition systems  J. Vizintin and M. Szczerek  click here for details (pdf)
WG3  Tribochemistry      S. Hogmark and B. Podgornik  click here for details (pdf)

                 a Text on "working group on tribology of engine systems"  by A. Igartua / july 2003  (pdf)

 

2 - Progress reports

                 →    progress report for Dec 2001 -  Nov 2003

                                        →    presentation of progress report for Dec 2001 - Nov 2003

       →    progress report for Dec 2001 Nov 2004 (pdf)
                              →   
presentation of progress report for Dec 2001 - Nov 2004 (pdf)

                 →    progress report for Dec 2001 Nov 2005 (pdf)
                                        →   
presentation of progress report for Dec 2001 - Nov 2005 (pdf)

 

 

3 - Short Term Scientific Missions

      coordinator : Prof. Luís Andrade Ferreira, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal,
         
                           phone : 351 225081716,   Fax : 351 225081584
,    E- mail : lferreira@fe.up.pt,      Website http://www.fe.up.pt

Bureau for handling the STSM : Luis Ferreira, the Working Group coordinators Sture Hogmark, Amaya Igartua and Joze Vizintin.

                                                   →   Click here for details

 Information :                          → STMS guide (pdf)           → STMS form (pdf)

   Reports :    
   

from

to

 

Lidia BENEA University of Galati, Romania Trento University, Italy  July 2004
Bojan PODGORNIK University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Uppsala University, Sweden  Jan 2004
Ivan KRAMER University of Zagreb, Croatia Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics, Bratislava, Slovakia  Dec 2004
Javier BARRIGA Fundacion Tekn iker, Spain Haute Ecole Arc Ingenierie, Swizerland Jul 2005
Jarmila TRPCEVSKA Teknical University, Kosice, Slovakia Kielce University of Technology, Kilece, Poland Jul 2005

                                                                            click on the name to read the report (pdf file)

4 - Submission of Projects Proposal.        .....now closed.....

               a Call for expression of interest

               a Guidelines

   

6 - Documentation

       

        a) Proposals Submitted (nov 2002)

                  List of expert used (pdf)

                 a    Status of proposals received by countries, by subject (pdf)

                 a    Full list of projects

                                Results of evaluation of projects - nov 2002 (pdf)

 

        b) Previous Meetings Information
 

1st Management Committee Meeting Brussels, Belgium,
22 march 2002
minutes (pdf)
2nd MC Meeting Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, France
7 - 8 nov 2002
agenda (pdf)
minutes (pdf)
Kick-off Meeting &

3rd MC meeting

Institute of Terotechnology
Radom, Poland,
2-3 october 2003
 
Draft Agenda (pdf)
Presentation during the meeting (pdf)
Draft minutes of the meeting (pdf)
 some pictures by M. Maillat
Working Group meeting Brussels, Belgium,
19-20 feb 2004
agenda (KH 06-02-03)

Report from Joint Working Group  Meeting by KH (pdf)

4th Management Committee Meeting Tromso, Norway,
31st may 2004

invitation (doc)

see the agenda (doc)

document for cooperation with USA (rtf)

presentation of progress report by K. Holmberg (pdf)

presentation of WG activity by A. Igartua (pdf)

presentation of WG activity by Vizintin, Sczerek (ppt)

financing COST actions by Nejedlik (pdf)

some pictures by Ph. Kapsa

5th Management Committee Meeting "Het Pand",
Ghent, Belgium,
17 oct 2004

→ draft MCM agenda

→ COST progress report by K Holmberg

→ Project status summary of WG2 by J Vizintin

→ Project status summary of WG3 by B Podgornik
 minutes of the meeting

COST 532 Tribology Conference

VTI Workshop

"Het Pand",
Ghent, Belgium,
18 - 19 - 20 oct 2004
 COST 532 conference Program (17-18 oct 04)
VTI Workshop programm (20 oct 2004)
Invitation .doc
→ some pictures (by Ph Kapsa)
Working Group meeting Czech Technical University,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Praha, Czech Republic
17 Feb 2005
general agendas
WG1"engines" meeting
WG2 "transmissions" meeting
WG3 "tribochemistry" meeting
6th Management Committee Meeting Czech Technical University,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Praha, Czech Republic
18 Feb 2005
agendas
progress report by K Holmberg
some pictures (by Ph. Kapsa)
COST International Conference "INTEGRATED ENGINEERED SURFACE TECHNOLOGY FOR ENGINE APPLICATIONS"
organized in common with NATIONAL INSTITUTE of STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST)
ISEP (Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto)
Porto, Portugal
13 - 14 oct 2005
programm
→ proceedings
 
7th Management Committee Meeting ISEP (Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto)
Porto, Portugal
13 - 14 oct 2005
agendas
→ progress report by K Holmberg
→ Status "transmission systems" by J Vizintin
→ Status "tribochemistry" by B Podgornik
→ Status "transmission systems" by J Vizintin
→ administrative information by Pavel Pnejedlik
→ some pictures (by Ph. Kapsa, M Maillat)

WG meetings

 

Inter University Center, Dubrovnik

University of Zagreb

20 - 21 April 2006

Croatia

→ general agenda

→ WG1 agenda

→ WG1 status

→ WG3 agenda

→ WG3 status

→ some presentations

→ somes pictures of dubrovnik (by PhK)

→ somes pictures of the WGW dinner (by PhK)

8th MC Meeting

 

Inter University Center, Dubrovnik

University of Zagreb

20 - 21 April 2006

Croatia

→ agenda

→ Presentation of ENIWEP EUREKA (Jan Meneve)

→ COST overview by Milena Stoyanova

→ COST 532 Status by K Holmberg

→ pictures of the meeting (PhK)

WG meetings

 

Uppsala University,

Ångström Laboratory
2nd November, 2006

Uppsala, Sweden

→ welcome

→ programme

→ WG2 status

→ WG3 status

→ files of presentations

9th MC Meeting

 

Uppsala University,

Ångström Laboratory
3rd November, 2006

Uppsala, Sweden

→ agenda

→ minutes of the meeting

→ some pictures by M. Maillat

Final Conference

In conjunction with ECOTRIB2007 conference.

 

10th MC Meeting

 

12-15 June 2007

Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

→ invitation

→ agenda

→ ECOTRIB 2007 program

→ présentation from COST office, P. Swiatek

→ K Holmberg presentation

→ some pictures by M. Maillat, Ph. Kapsa

 

 

        c) Project Status Summary by K Holmberg

13.07.03 by KH (pdf)

16.09.03  by KH (pdf)

30.09.03  by KH (pdf)

30.10.03  by KH (pdf)

15.02.04  by KH (pdf)

21.03.04  by KH (doc)

12.05.04  by KH (doc)

19.05.04  by KH (doc)

14.10.04  by KH (doc)

22.10.04  by KH (doc)

12.11.04 by KH (doc)

08.12.05 by KH (doc)
23.01.06 by KH (doc)
01.02.06 by KH (doc)
12.04.06 by KH (doc)

18.10.06 by KH (doc)

 

        d) 2004 activity details

 

7 - Management Committee

MC members

a   rules and procedures form c (pdf)

a  skills of MC members (pdf)

link to COST CORDIS general Web site ........ click here