Applied Tribology – Bearing Design and Lubrication, 3rd Edition

Dr. Khonsari holds the Dow Chemical Endowed Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University (LSU), where he directs the Center for Rotating Machinery. Prior to joining LSU, he served as a faculty member at The Ohio State University, University of Pittsburgh, and Southern Illinois University, and was a research Faculty Fellow at NASA Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force laboratories, and the U.S. Department of Energy. He is holder of several US patents, has authored over 270 archival papers, 50 book chapters and special publications, and three books on tribology, fatigue, and rotor dynamics. Professor Khonsari is the recipient of ASME Mayo Hersey, ASME Burt Newkirk Awards, and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of ASME Journal of Tribology. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. E. Richard Booser has been active in the field of tribology and lubrication for 70 years. He was employed by the General Electric Co. for 39 years in development work on bearings and lubricants for steam and gas turbines, electric motors and generators, aerospace and nuclear plant equipment, and a variety of related electrical products. He was the editor of three volumes of the Tribology Handbook series and a co-author of the 1957 book on Bearing Design and Application. He served as the President of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) in 1956 and has received the STLE National Award.

Series Preface ix Preface xi Part I General Considerations 1 1 Tribology Friction, Wear, and Lubrication 3 2 Lubricants and Lubrication 23 3 Surface Texture and Interactions 63 4 Bearing Materials 89 Part II Fluid-Film Bearings 113 5 Fundamentals of Viscous Flow 115 6 Reynolds Equation and Applications 143 7 Thrust Bearings 173 8 Journal Bearings 201 9 Squeeze-Film Bearings 263 10 Hydrostatic Bearings 299 11 Gas Bearings 321 12 Dry and Starved Bearings 361 Part III Rolling Element Bearings 389 13 Selecting Bearing Type and Size 391 14 Principles and Operating Limits 425 15 Friction, Wear and Lubrication 459 Part IV Seals and Monitoring 16 Seal Fundamentals 487 17 Condition Monitoring and Failure Analysis 531 Appendix A Unit Conversion Factors 551 Appendix B Viscosity Conversions 555 Index 557