A representative from KSTU participated in the BALT TRIBO 2026 conference
An international scientific and practical conference, Intelligent Tribology in Mechanical Engineering: BALT TRIBO 26, took place from 18 to 19 June. It was hosted by the International Scientific and Educational Centre BaltTribo-Polytechnic at the Institute of Machinery, Materials, and Transport, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The conference covered 13 areas connected with research in tribology and related fields. The event brought together 157 authors from Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Jordan, Iran, the USA, China and other countries.
Kaliningrad State Technical University was represented by S.V. Fedorov, Head of the Theory of Mechanisms and Machines and Machine Parts Department, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor, who delivered a report entitled Minimal Properties of Dynamic Dissipative Third-Body Structures under Friction Based on the Mechanical Quantum Model.
In his presentation and conference paper, S.V. Fedorov provided theoretical and calculation-experimental evidence for the existence, under friction conditions, of a superfluid state in solids, analogous to the low-temperature superfluidity of liquid helium. This state determines the very effect of anti-friction in solids, a state of anomalously low friction and minimal wear on the rubbing surfaces. The values of the friction coefficients were calculated for a wide range of solid materials in which the state of low-temperature superfluidity is observed. A physical justification for the mechanism of the superfluid state is provided by the mechanical quantum model, previously proposed by the author in his doctoral thesis and subsequently discussed in a number of national and international publications. The presentation sparked a lively and engaged discussion. Meanwhile, a study guide entitled Structural-Energetic Axiomatics of Mechanical Friction, published by Kaliningrad State Technical University, was also presented.
As part of the conference, the representative from KSTU also participated in a meeting of the interdepartmental scientific council on tribology organised by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Associations (Societies).
