Introduction: Economic aspects, lubrication of bearings, friction control and wear prevention. Properties and testing of lubricants. Mechanics of fluid flow - Reynolds equation and its limitations.
Idealized bearings : Infinitely long plane pivoted shoe and fixed shoe sliders, Infinitely long journal bearings, Infinitely short (narrow) bearings, Lightly loaded infinitely long journal bearing (Petroffs' solution).
Finite bearings: Approximate analytical solution, Numerical solution and Electrical analogy method. Hydrostatic oil bearing: Thrust and journal bearings, Squeeze film bearings,
Gas-lubricated bearings: Hydrodynamic bearings, Hydrostatic bearings, Porous bearings, Elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication, Fluid inertia and turbulence and hydrodynamic instability, Friction and wear of metals.
Recommended Books:
- Tribology – Hutchings (Asterix)
- Tribology: Lubrication, Friction and Wear - I. V. Kragelsky and V. V. Alisin (John Wiley & Sons)
- Fundamentals of Tribology - R. Gohar and H. Rahnejat (World Scientific Publishing Co.pvt Ltd)
- A Tribology Casebook -J. D. Summers-smith (John Wiley & Sons)
- Tribology of Interface Layers - HooshangHeshmat (CRC Press)
- Principles of Tribology - Shizhu Wen and Ping Huang(John Wiley & Sons)
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