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Fluid Film Lubrication

Fluid Film Lubrication

Fluid Film Lubrication

2nd Edition
Andras Z. Szeri, University of Delaware
December 2010
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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 to 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. 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.

    • Basic ideas of the multigrid method are conveyed along with multilevel multi-integration in the treatment of elastohydrodynamic lubrication
    • New chapters on ultra-thin films, both liquid and gaseous, and lubrication of articulating joints and their replacement have been included

    Reviews & endorsements

    "The second edition is an addition rather than a revision to the 1998 work. It is a comprehensive reference book, covering theoretical and analytical aspects of fluid film lubrication Szeri is eminently qualified to address this complex topic..Highly recommend." - CHOICE

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    Product details

    December 2010
    Hardback
    9780521898232
    564 pages
    251 × 191 × 20 mm
    1.14kg
    239 b/w illus. 35 tables
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Basic equations
    • 3. Thick-film lubrication
    • 4. Dynamic properties of lubricant films
    • 5. Effects of fluid inertia
    • 6. Flow stability and transition
    • 7. Turbulence
    • 8. Elastrohydrodynamic lubrication
    • 9. Thermal effects
    • 10. Lubrication with non-newtonian fluids
    • 11. Gas lubrication
    • 12. Molecularly thin films
    • 13. Biotribology.
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    • Andras Z. Szeri , University of Delaware

      Andras Z. Szeri is the Robert Lyle Spencer Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware. He is a member of ASME and AAM and is on the editorial board of Microsystem Technologies and Applied Mechanics and Engineering.