Hydrodynamic Lubrication

• Main Author: Hori, Yukio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Tokyo, 2006.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

Hydrodynamic lubrication plays an important role in mechanical engineering, although not very many books have been published on the subject. This book was written with graduate students, researchers and designers in view. The first four chapters are preparations for the following five chapters, wher...

Table of Contents:

• Friction, Wear, and Lubrication
• Foundations of Hydrodynamic Lubrication
• Fundamentals of Journal Bearings
• Fundamentals of Thrust Bearings
• Stability of a Rotating Shaft — Oil Whip
• Foil Bearings
• Squeeze Film
• Heat Generation and Temperature Rise
• Turbulent Lubrication.