David Tabor

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According to Wikipedia, David Tabor , FRS was a British physicist who was an early pioneer of tribology, the study of frictional interaction between surfaces, and well known for his influential undergraduate textbook "Gases, Liquids and Solids".

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The Friction and Lubrication of Solids (1964) (4899)
Hardness of Metals (1937) (3635)
Surface Forces and Surface Interactions (1977) (1153)
The effect of surface roughness on the adhesion of elastic solids (1975) (687)
The direct measurement of normal and retarded van der Waals forces (1969) (621)
A simple theory of static and dynamic hardness (1948) (566)
The hardness of solids (1970) (541)
The friction and creep of polycrystalline ice (1971) (449)
An utrasonic study of the area of contact between stationary and sliding surfaces (1971) (345)
The measurement of van der Waals dispersion forces in the range 1.5 to 130 nm (1972) (342)
The Area of Contact between Stationary and between Moving Surfaces (1939) (332)
Friction and molecular structure: the behaviour of some thermoplastics (1972) (314)
Plastic indentation in metals with cones (1965) (310)
Junction growth in metallic friction: the role of combined stresses and surface contamination (1959) (302)
Friction—The Present State of Our Understanding (1981) (295)
Elastic Recovery of Conical Indentations (1961) (277)
The physical meaning of indentation and scratch hardness (1956) (276)
Adhesion of solids and the effect of surface films (1950) (258)
The Ploughing and Adhesion of Sliding Metals (1943) (251)
Friction: An Introduction to Tribology (1973) (248)
The Friction of Hard Sliders on Lubricated Rubber: The Importance of Deformation Losses (1958) (246)
The wear of filled polytetrafluoroethylene (1984) (242)
The friction and visco-elastic properties of polymeric solids (1966) (239)
Indentation hardness: Fifty years on a personal view (1996) (222)
The adhesion and strength properties of ice (1958) (177)
Friction and Transfer of Polytetrafluoroethylene (1964) (176)
Relation between friction and adhesion (1950) (174)
Mohs's Hardness Scale - A Physical Interpretation (1954) (172)
Friction, lubrication and wear: a survey of work during the last decade (1966) (162)
Hysteresis losses in rolling and sliding friction (1961) (160)
Surface Forces: Direct Measurement of Normal and Retarded van der Waals Forces (1968) (155)
The friction and wear of high density polythene: The action of lead oxide and copper oxide fillers (1974) (153)
The mechanism of rolling friction. I. The plastic range (1955) (149)
The role of lubricants in machining (1977) (144)
Friction in Textiles (2013) (143)
Lubrication of Metal Surfaces by Fatty Acids (1945) (143)
Adhesion and micromechanical properties of metal surfaces (1984) (138)
Solid Surfaces (1972) (133)
Gases, Liquids and Solids (1980) (132)
The calculation of van der Waals dispersion forces between macroscopic bodies (1972) (129)
Contact of characterised metal surfaces at very low loads: Deformation and adhesion (1979) (124)
The extrusion of liquids between highly elastic solids (1971) (122)
States of matter (1975) (121)
Friction and Lubrication (2010) (120)
Metallic transfer between sliding metals: an autoradiographic study (1951) (110)
Shear Properties of Molecular Films (1973) (109)
Indentation hardness and semiconductor–metal transition of germanium and silicon (1978) (104)
Shear Properties of Thin Polymeric Films (1978) (99)
Indentation Hardness and Its Measurement: Some Cautionary Comments (1985) (99)
Mechanism of Metallic Friction (1942) (99)
Van der Waals Forces: Theory and Experiment (1973) (98)
Frictional interactions between chip and rake face in continuous chip formation (1979) (94)
Visco-Elastic Properties and the Friction of Solids: Friction of Polymers : Influence of Speed and Temperature (1963) (92)
The strength properties and frictional behaviour of brittle solids (1954) (91)
The friction and deformation of polymers (1956) (91)
The friction of carbon fibres (1976) (85)
Hardness and deformation properties of solids at very high temperatures (1966) (83)
The friction and lubrication of polymers (1966) (81)
Adhesion between clean surfaces at light loads (1974) (81)
The frictional anisotropy of diamond (1981) (81)
CV. The mechanism of rolling friction (1952) (80)
Role of Fillers in the Friction and Wear Behavior of High-Density Polyethylene (1985) (77)
The Lubrication by Thin Metallic Films and the Action of Bearing Metals (1943) (77)
The Effect of Temperature on the Mechanical Properties and the Friction of Plastics (1953) (67)
Gases, Liquids and Solids and Other States of Matter (1991) (67)
Boundary conditions at the chip-tool interface in machining: Comparisons between seizure and sliding friction (1979) (64)
Plastic Flow and Pressure Melting in the Deformation of Ice I (1966) (64)
The friction of wood (1958) (61)
Surface Debye-Waller factors for Cr(100) and Mo(100) (1971) (59)
Wear–A Critical Synoptic View (1977) (57)
Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the mechanical properties of polymers: a brief review of published data (1973) (56)
The effect of pressure on the frictional properties of polymers (1975) (56)
On the role of molecular forces in contact deformations (Critical remarks concerning Dr. Tabor's report) (1978) (55)
Friction as a Dissipative Process (1992) (55)
The Role of Surface and Intermolecular Forces in Thin Film Lubrication (1981) (55)
Lubrication and Wear (1957) (54)
Effect of a Softening Agent on Yarn Pull-out Force of a Plain Weave Fabric (1986) (54)
Friction and wear of polymers: The role of mechanical properties (1978) (54)
Adhesion and deformation properties of clean and characterized metal micro-contacts (1981) (53)
Micro-friction of Graphite (1971) (53)
Interfacial phenomena in steel fibre reinforced cement I: Structure and strength of interfacial region☆ (1978) (52)
Extensions, displacements and forces associated with pulling a single yarn from a fabric (1987) (52)
Surface Adhesion and Elastic Properties of Mica (1956) (51)
Fracture Toughness of Ice: A Preliminary Account of Some New Experiments (1978) (50)
The fracture of titanium carbide under static and sliding contact (1970) (47)
Friction and wear: Calculation methods I.V. Kragelsky, M.N. Dobychin and V.S. Kombalov (1982) (44)
Friction, Adhesion and Boundary Lubrication of Polymers (1974) (43)
The effect of orientation on the friction of polytetrafluoroethylene (1961) (41)
The friction and wear of individual carbon fibres (1977) (40)
Some mechanical and adhesive properties of indium (1952) (40)
The influence of contact pressure and saponification on the sliding behavior of stearic acid monolayers (1977) (39)
Pressure dependence of the shear modulus of various polymers (1974) (38)
Friction, lubrication and wear of synthetic fibres (1957) (36)
The mechanism of rolling friction II. The elastic range (1955) (36)
Fluid film lubrication of rubber—an interferometric study (1968) (36)
Deformation Properties of Friction Junctions (1955) (36)
The effect of hydrostatic pressure on the visco-elastic properties of polymers (1971) (35)
Hydrodynamic Factors in the Friction of Fibers and Yarns (1957) (35)
Lubrication of polythene by oleamide and stearamide (1972) (34)
Hysteresis Losses in the Friction of Lubricated Rubber (1960) (34)
The friction and deformation properties of irradiated polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (1965) (34)
Orientation of fatty acid and soap films on metal surfaces (1951) (32)
Theory and Practice of Localized Fabric Deformations (1989) (32)
The bulk modulus of rubber (1994) (31)
Inelastic behaviour in steel wire pull-out from Portland cement mortar (1978) (31)
Interfacial phenomena in steel fibre reinforced cement II: Pull-out behaviour of steel wires☆ (1978) (30)
Rheology of Thin Organic Films (1974) (29)
Collisions through liquid films (1948) (28)
The formation of silicone polymer films on metal surfaces at high temperatures and their boundary lubricating properties (1969) (28)
The influence of temperature on the stability of a mineral oil (1939) (27)
Thin film lubrication with substituted silicones: The role of physical and chemical factors (1968) (27)
A simplified account of surface topography and the contact between solids (1975) (26)
The amplitude of surface atomic vibrations in the (100) plane of niobium (1970) (25)
Surface Forces: Direct Measurement of Repulsive Forces due to Electrical Double Layers on Solids (1968) (25)
Low energy electron diffraction study of O2 and H2S adsorption on Mo (100) (1971) (25)
Effect of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on the mechanical loss properties of polymers: 2. Halogen polymers (1973) (25)
Elastic work involved in rolling a sphere on another surface (1955) (25)
Friction and Shear Strength of Polymers (1977) (24)
Effect of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on the mechanical loss properties of polymers: 1. Polyethylene and polypropylene (1973) (24)
Babylonian lecanomancy: An ancient text on the spreading of oil on water (1980) (24)
Tribology — the last 25 years A personal view (1995) (23)
THE FRICTION AND WEAR OF FIBRES (1955) (22)
The frictional properties of lignum vitae (1961) (22)
Friction and Viscoelastic Properties of Polymeric Solids (1968) (22)
The Frictional Properties of Some White Metal Bearing Alloys: The Role of the Matrix and the Hard Particles (1945) (22)
The Seizure of Metals (1949) (21)
Desorption or ‘Surface Melting’ of Lubricant Films (1941) (21)
Direct measurement of van der Waals forces between solids in air (1978) (20)
Effect of Temperature on Lubricant Films (1940) (20)
Principles of Adhesion — Bonding in Cement and Concrete (1981) (19)
10 – Interaction between Surfaces: Adhesion and Friction (1975) (19)
Mutual Indentation Hardness of Single‐Crystal Magnesium Oxide at High Temperatures (1967) (19)
Creep and Friction of Ice (1970) (19)
The rolling and skidding of automobile tyres (1994) (18)
Micromolecular processes in the viscous flow of hydrocarbons (1988) (18)
Friction and Transfer of Some Polymers in Unlubricated Sliding (1974) (18)
Silicone Fluids: Their Action as Boundary Lubricants (1965) (18)
An interferometric study of lubricated rotary face seals (1978) (18)
Recent studies of short range forces (1969) (16)
Transfer of PTFE and Related Polymers in a Sliding Experiment (1972) (16)
Status and Direction of Tribology as a Science in the 80's. Understanding and Prediction (1984) (16)
The Shear Properties of Poly (N-Alkyl Methacrylates) in Concentrated Contacts (1977) (14)
On “Indenting with pyramids”☆ (1965) (13)
Effect of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on the mechanical loss properties of polymers: 3. PET, PVAC and vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymers (1973) (12)
An electron diffraction study of retracted monolayers (1957) (11)
Diffusion in molten polymers: the influence of hydrostatic pressure (1982) (11)
Friction, Surface Science and Tribology—A Personal View (1991) (11)
Tribology and physics (1992) (11)
Shear Strength of Lubricant Monolayers (1972) (10)
Collisions through liquid layers (1949) (10)
The Application of Dislocation Etching Techniques to the Study of Liquid Impacts [and Discussion] (1966) (10)
The Solid Surface (1978) (10)
Structure of thin films of aliphatic esters and alcohols on metals (1951) (9)
Part III. Boundary and extreme pressure lubrication - Mechanism of boundary lubrication (1952) (9)
Surface Debye–Waller Factors and Thermal Expansion Coefficients for Mo(100) and Cr(100) (1972) (9)
Gases, liquids and solids: Contents (1991) (9)
Role of Hydrodynamic Lubrication in the Friction of Fibers and Yarns (1956) (8)
The depth and breadth of surface science (1979) (8)
Solid surfaces: Their atomic, electronic and macroscopic properties (1981) (8)
The friction of polymers under hydrostatic pressure (1974) (8)
Friction and adhesion. Surface forces in friction and adhesion (1972) (8)
Fundamentals of friction: Macroscopic and microscopic processes: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992, 608 pp (1994) (8)
The Adhesion of Solids (1953) (7)
The effect of temperature and environment on the friction of some well characterized refractory surfaces (1975) (7)
CORRIGENDA: A high-pressure torsion pendulum for viscoelastic studies on polymers (1973) (7)
Mutual indentation hardness apparatus for use at very high temperatures (1965) (7)
Phase transitions and indentation hardness of Ge and diamond (1978) (7)
Hydrostatic pressure and long-chain organic molecule diffusion through a polymer matrix (1980) (6)
Frank Philip Bowden, 1903-1968 (1969) (6)
Short communicationLubrication of polythene by oleamide and stearamide—II (1973) (6)
Mechanical properties of very thin surface films (1970) (6)
Future Directions of Research in Adhesion and Friction. Status of Understanding (1984) (5)
History of tribology: D.Dowson (1979) (5)
Characterized Metal Microcontacts (1982) (5)
Tribology in particulate technology : Edited by B. J. Briscoe and M. J. Adams, published by Adam Hilger, Bristol and Philadelphia, 1987, 472., £55.00, ISBN 0-85274-425-0. (1988) (5)
Tribology and the liquid-crystalline state (1993) (4)
Thermal and electrical properties of solids (1991) (4)
Solid Surfaces under Static and Sliding Contact: Some Recent Work on Microdeformation and Chemical Reactivity (1970) (4)
Lubrication of nylon by polysiloxane fluids (1970) (4)
Mica in the service of surface science (1992) (3)
The contribution of the physicist to tribology (1967) (3)
Modern Problems in Friction and Lubrication (1958) (3)
Large-scale properties of matter (1964) (3)
The friction and lubrication of elastomers: D. F. Moore Pergamon Press Ltd (1972) 288pp, £7·50 (1972) (3)
The Erosion of a Cobalt-Chromium Alloy by Liquid Impact [and Discussion] (1966) (3)
112—THE FRICTION OF POLYMERS AND FIBRES : THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE AND BULK PROPERTIES (1960) (3)
Review Paper 2: Basic Principles of Dry Friction Testing (1967) (2)
Practical Aspects of Cavitation [and Discussion] (1966) (2)
Macroscopic properties and interatomic forces (1975) (2)
Critical appraisal and research opportunities - The lubrication research viewpoint (1968) (2)
Gases, liquids and solids: The liquid state (1991) (2)
Friction in Relation to Rheological Properties (1954) (2)
Friction and Lubrication: Royal Society Discussion (1952) (2)
CommentThe limits of lubrication (The last of the summer wine) (1983) (1)
Book Review: Studies in Large Plastic Flow and Fracture, by P. W. Bridgman (1965) (1)
Corrigenda to “lubrication of polythene by oleamide and stearamide” (1975) (1)
Surface effects in adhesion, friction, wear and lubrication: Published, price US $107.25, by Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, PO Box 330, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-41966-7 (1981) (1)
Gases, liquids and solids: The colloidal state of matter (1991) (1)
Structure and properties of the solid surface (1977) (1)
Science and research problems of small states (1963) (1)
Gases, liquids and solids: Some physical properties of polymers (1991) (1)
The strength properties of solids (1991) (1)
Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Yarns and Fibers (1962) (1)
Thin Liquid Films and Boundary layers. Published for the Faraday Society by Academic Press, 1971. 269 pp. £5.50 or $16.00. (1972) (1)
Paper 16: Solid Friction and Boundary Lubrication (1967) (1)
Testing of Bearing Properties of Metals (1953) (0)
Reaction of Stearic Acid Monolayers with Copper and Cuprous Oxide (1954) (0)
Gases, liquids and solids: Imperfect gases (1991) (0)
Dielectric properties of matter (1991) (0)
Military Spending in a Resourced-Constrained Environment (2011) (0)
Comments on the work done in rolling friction (1952) (0)
Discussion: “Thermodynamics, Adhesion, and Sliding Friction” (Bikerman, J. J., 1970, ASME J. Lubr. Technol., 92, pp. 243–244) (1970) (0)
The people at the urns. An analysis of electoral behaviour in Turin between the end of the 19th century and the Great War (2011) (0)
Interdisciplinary Research Centres (1990) (0)
Paper 32: Hardness Testing at Very High Temperatures: (1965) (0)
Temperature, heat and the laws of thermodynamics (1991) (0)
Mechanical Properties of Energetic Materials (1977) (0)
Tribology in the USA and the Former Soviet Union (FSU): Studies and applications: V.A. Belyi, K.C. Ludema and N.K. Myshkin (eds.), Allerton Press, New York, 455 pages, ISBN 0-89864-065-2 (1995) (0)
Discussion: “The Area of Contact Between Rough Surfaces and Flats” (Greenwood, J. A., 1967, ASME J. Lubr. Technol., 89, pp. 81–87) (1967) (0)
Discussion: “Observations of Shear Localization in Liquid Lubricants Under Pressure” (Bair, S., Qureshi, F., and Winer, W. O., 1993, ASME J. Tribol., 115, pp. 507–513) (1993) (0)
Review. Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in eighteenth-century France. Gillmor, C. S. (1975) (0)
Initiation of Explosives by Low Strength Shocks (1974) (0)
Boundary lubrication: Compiled and Edited by F. F. Ling, E. E. Klaus and R. S. Fein. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1969) 576 pp, $30.00 (1970) (0)
Surface physics, Cambridge (1969) (0)
The elastic properties of solids (1991) (0)
Perfect gases – bulk properties and simple theory (1991) (0)
Atoms, molecules and the forces between them (1991) (0)
Fretting corrosion R.B. Waterhouse Pergamon Press (1972) 253pp, £6.50 (1973) (0)
Homomorphisms of torsion complete abelianp-groups (1973) (0)
Tribology in Japan — some personal impressions (1975) (0)
The Art of Propaganda. The Model of Proselytism in the Italian Socialist Party between late 19th and early 20th centuries (2011) (0)
Appendix: Values of some physical constants (1991) (0)
Discussion: “On the Oscillation at the Final Stages of Rolling of a Hard Sphere on an Elastic Base” (Halaunbrenner, J., and Sukiennik, P., 1965, ASME J. Basic Eng., 87, pp. 708–711) (1965) (0)
Magnetic properties of matter (1991) (0)
Fine tuning in lubrication (1990) (0)
Sliding Solids (1972) (0)
Lecture 1: The Contribution of the Physicist to Tribology (1966) (0)
The solid state (1991) (0)
A correlation of the frictional and visco-elastic properties of plastics and rubber (1965) (0)
Discussion: “The Volume of Stressed Material Involved in the Rolling of a Ball” (Drutowski, R. C., 1961, ASME J. Basic Eng., 83, pp. 162–167) (1961) (0)
Discussion: “Friction Characteristics of Sliding Surfaces Undergoing Subsurface Plastic Flow” (Shaw, Milton C., Ber, Abraham, and Mamin, Pierre A., 1960, ASME J. Basic Eng., 82, pp. 342–345) (1960) (0)
F. P. Bowden (1968) (0)
The Contribution of a Physicist to Tribology (1967) (0)
GROWTH OF BURNING TO DETONATION IN LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS (1968) (0)
Bridging the gap (1995) (0)
Note on Professor Blok’s comment (1952) (0)
Progress in surface science, vols. 6 and 7: Editor: Sydney G. Davison. Pp. Vol. 6, 244pp, Vol. 7, 190pp. Pergamon Press, Oxford. 1978. £39.00 ($77.00) (1978) (0)
Paper 10S: Rolling Friction (1967) (0)
[Book Reviews] (1958) (0)
Further theory of perfect gases (1991) (0)
Discussion: “Frictional Characteristics and Surface Damage of Thirty-Nine Different Elemental Metals in Sliding Contact With Iron” (Goodzeit, C. L., Hunnicutt, R. P., and Roach, A. E., 1956, Trans. ASME, 78, pp. 1669–1674) (1956) (0)
Deriving Van Der Waals (1978) (0)
Discussion: “Dynamic Indentation Using Rigid Slow Speed Conical Indenters” (Johnson, W., 1964, ASME J. Basic Eng., 86, pp. 718–720) (1964) (0)
Gases, liquids and solids: Liquids: their flow properties (1991) (0)
SUMMARIES OF TWO LECTURES RECENTLY GIVEN AT THE POLYTECHNIC (1955) (0)

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Imperial College London
University of Cambridge