Review on wear research — activities in the F.R.G.

Abstract An overview of wear research is given consisting of three parts: 1. (i) a brief historical review of early wear research which started on a scientific base in the 1920s. 2. (ii) a survey of current research activities including the scope and contents of a running West German tribology research programme. 3. (iii) a discussion of trends and avenues for further research.