1: Introduction 2: Bearing Classification and Selection 3: Surface Topography 4: Lubricant Properties 5: Bearing Materials 6: Viscous Flow 7: Reynolds Equation 8: Hydrodynamic Thrust Bearings - Analytical Solutions 9: Hydrodynamic Thrust Bearings - Numerical Solutions 10: Hydrodynamic Journal Bearings - Analytical Solutions 11: Dynamically Loaded Journal Bearings 12: Hydrodynamic Journal Bearings - Numerical Solutions 13: Hydrodynamic Squeeze Film Bearings 14: Hydrostatic Lubrication 15: Hydrodynamic Bearings - Considering Fluid Inertia 16: Gas-Lubricated Thrust Bearings 17: Gas-Lubricated Journal Bearings 18: Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Nonconformal Surfaces 19: Simplified Solutions for Stresses and Deformations 20: General Solution for Stresses and Deformations in Dry Contacts 21: Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Rectangular Conjunctions 22: Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Ellipitcal Conjunctions 23: Film Thicknesses for Different Regimes of Fluid Film Lubrication 24: Rolling-Element Bearings 25: Additional Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Applications 26: Non-Newtonian Fluid Effects in Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication 27: Thermo Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication.

Fundamentals of fluid film lubrication

Elastohydrodynamic and micro-elastohydrodynamic lubrication

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, bearing manufacturers and users have sought to predict the fatigue endurance of ball and roller bearings. The first generally accepted method t...

Life ratings for ball and roller bearings

A new high-pressure viscometer that can measure viscosity at pressures up to 08 GPa has been developed in the authors' laboratory The ‘modulus equation’ has been used to compare the behaviour of mineral and synthetic lubricants Among the oils investigated there was one ester that biodegraded rapidly both before and after ageing in a long-term test-rig operation To facilitate a comparison or application of the results to other oils, an analysis of the correlation between the viscosity—pressure coefficient and the kinematic viscosity measured at atmospheric pressure has been provided A prediction of lubricant film thickness based on high-pressure viscosity data is compared with film thickness measurements in a roller bearing

J. C. Skurka

Papers

Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Roller Bearings

Closure to “Discussions of ‘Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Roller Bearings’” (1970, ASME J. Lubr. Technol., 92, pp. 288–290)