Understand your tribology problem

Explore contact, adhesion, temperature, lubrication and wear in a guided desktop workflow. Set your inputs, run a calculation and inspect the results—locally on Windows.

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TriboSolver 3.1 — simulation selection captured from the frozen Windows release — TriboSolver 3.1 — simulation selection

TriboSolver 3.1 — example Dry Contact results captured from the frozen Windows release — TriboSolver 3.1 — example Dry Contact results

Meet TriboSolver

From interacting surfaces to understandable results. Get a one-minute introduction to the tool, its capabilities and the workflow.

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Tribology is the study of interacting surfaces: friction, lubrication and wear. TriboSolver brings numerical tribology calculations into a guided Windows desktop workflow.

Explore dry contact, adhesion and electroadhesion, contact temperature, mixed lubrication, and wear. Selected workflows also support tribofilm evolution and seizure screening, within their model assumptions.

Build a case step by step. Define materials, loading and geometry, then import surface measurements or generate a reproducible rough surface. No solver coding is required.

Inspect pressure maps, contact area and other outputs for your chosen model. Compare suitable reference solutions, check convergence, and export a report. Engineering decisions still require independent validation.

TriboSolver runs locally on Windows, with offline core calculations and licence checks. Start with a guided tutorial, request a fifteen-day trial, or choose a licence at tribology dot E U.

Real application screenshots with AI-generated narration. Model assumptions and application-specific validation remain essential.

A guided calculation workflow

Choose a simulation family, define the contact and material inputs, then inspect maps and key results. Built for exploring tribology problems without writing solver code.

From surfaces to reports

Import supported surface data, including DATX, or generate a synthetic surface. Save projects and results locally and export calculation reports as PDF or DOCX.

Local calculations. Offline access.

TriboSolver 3.1 runs on Windows 10 (1809 or later) and Windows 11, on x86-64 computers. Core calculations and licence checks work offline.

Dry Contact

Explore contact pressure, real contact area and deformation. Supported workflows include rough surfaces, layered materials and subsurface stresses.

Contact Temperature

Examine frictional heating and the predicted temperature response of contacting bodies under your selected loading and sliding conditions.

Mixed Lubrication

Study full-film and mixed point or line contacts. Inspect lubricant film and load sharing using the supported contact and lubricant models.

Adhesion

Explore surface adhesion and electroadhesion within one simulation family, with independently selectable laws. Interpret forces within the assumptions of the selected model.

Wear

Explore Archard wear and tribofilm evolution in supported workflows. Use application-specific wear coefficients and validate predictions against suitable reference data.

Seizure

Screen a configured thermal/adhesive threshold under the selected conditions. This model is not a universal prediction of seizure or component failure.