The course has five parts of three credits each. The main supervisor together with the doctoral student chooses up to three of the sub-moments:
- Advanced lubricant theory
- Surface topography and surface layers
- Contact mechanics
- Wear, modelling, simulation and experimental
- Friction modelling, simulation and experimental
After passing the course, the doctoral student must know three of the following five elements (the main supervisor together with the doctoral student chooses the elements), where each element corresponds to 3 credits:
- Lubricant theory at an advanced level
- Surface topography and surface layers in theory and practice at advanced level
- Contact mechanics analytically and numerically at advanced level
- Abrasion modelling, simulation and experimental at advanced level
- Friction modelling, simulation and experimental at advanced level