Fluid Film Lubrication
by Andras Z. Szeri /
2010 / English / PDF
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Fluid film bearings are machine elements that should be studied
within the broader context of tribology. The three subfields of
tribology - friction, lubrication, and wear - are strongly
interrelated. The last decade has witnessed significant advances in
the area of fluid film lubrication and its applications, and this
second edition offers a look at some of these advances. This
edition adds onto the fundamentals of fluid film lubrication a
discourse on surface effects and the inclusion of treatment of flow
with significant inertia within the section on turbulence. Basic
ideas of the multigrid method are conveyed along with multilevel
multi-integration in the treatment of elastohydrodynamic
lubrication. The chapter on lubrication with non-Newtonian fluids
discusses the impact of the so-named qualitative EHL. This chapter
also contains a thorough discussion of blood as a lubricant, with a
view of the application of lubrication theory to LVADs. New
chapters have been included on ultra-thin films, both liquid and
gaseous, and lubrication of articulating joints and their
replacement. Some of the most recent literature is discussed.
Fluid film bearings are machine elements that should be studied
within the broader context of tribology. The three subfields of
tribology - friction, lubrication, and wear - are strongly
interrelated. The last decade has witnessed significant advances in
the area of fluid film lubrication and its applications, and this
second edition offers a look at some of these advances. This
edition adds onto the fundamentals of fluid film lubrication a
discourse on surface effects and the inclusion of treatment of flow
with significant inertia within the section on turbulence. Basic
ideas of the multigrid method are conveyed along with multilevel
multi-integration in the treatment of elastohydrodynamic
lubrication. The chapter on lubrication with non-Newtonian fluids
discusses the impact of the so-named qualitative EHL. This chapter
also contains a thorough discussion of blood as a lubricant, with a
view of the application of lubrication theory to LVADs. New
chapters have been included on ultra-thin films, both liquid and
gaseous, and lubrication of articulating joints and their
replacement. Some of the most recent literature is discussed.
