Contents - PART A. FRICTIONAL PROCESSES IN GENERAL - Chapter 1. Review of the Concept of Friction in Physics and Engineering - Chapter II. Outline of the Mathematical Treatment of Frictional Processes - PART B. FRICTIONAL PROCESSES IN GASES - Chapter III. Theory and Experimental Facts - Chapter IV. Absorption of Sound Waves and of Supersonics - Chapter V. Sound-absorbing Materials - PART C. FRICTIONAL PROCESSES IN LIQUIDS - Chapter VI. Theory and Experimental Facts - Chapter VII. The Measurement of the Viscosity of Liquids - Chapter VIII. Viscosity of Colloidal Solutions. Applications to Synthetic Polymers - Chapter IX. Structural Viscosity - Chapter X. The Flow of Fluids - Chapter XI. Applications of Liquid Viscosity to Electrical Insulating Liquids, Particularly in High-voltage Cables - Chapter XII. Lubrication - PART D. FRICTIONAL PROCESSES IN SOLIDS - Chapter XIII. The Plastic Flow of Solids - Chapter XIV. Correlation between Elastic Moduli and Viscosity of Liquids and Plastics - Chapter XV. Engineering Applications of the Plastic Flow of Solids - Chapter XVI. Internal Friction in Solids - Chapter XVII. Engineering Applications of the Internal Friction of Solids - Chapter XVIII. Reduction of Vibrations by Use of Materials of High Damping Capacity - Chapter XIX. Stress-dependent Plastic Resistance and Damping Capacity of Alloys - Chapter XX. External Friction of Solids - Chapter XXI. Engineering Applications of External Friction - PART E.Chapter XXII. Problems-with Solutions - Index -