Water-Lubricated Journal Bearings

Dr. Wojciech Litwin is a professor of mechanical engineering and currently the head of the Institute of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. He has been involved in several design and research projects for water-lubricated bearings, environmentally adoptable lubricants, and contemporary, “green” ship propulsion. Machine design, tribology, and marine propulsion systems comprise his main research areas. Dr. Litwin has authored numerous scientific papers and participated in many global conferences focused on tribology. In 2022 Dr. Litwin was placed on a list of top-cited scientists in the field prepared by Stanford University based on Scopus data. In recent years, Dr. Litwin has cooperated with commercial companies, marine bearings, seals and lubricants manufacturers from Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

1. Introduction 2. Propeller shaft arrangement 3. Water-lubricated stern tube bearings 4. Experimental research on water-lubricated bearings 5. Theoretical research on water-lubricated sliding bearings – state of knowledge and research possibilities 6. Problems of water-lubiracted sliding bearings 7. Water base lubricants and environmentally adoptable lubricants 8. Summary