Description
This book provides a modern study of bearing types, design factors, and industrial examples. The major classes of bearings are described, and design concepts are covered for rolling elements, surfaces, pivots, flexures, and compliance surfaces.
Fluid film lubrication is presented, and the basics of tribology for bearings is explained. The book also looks at specific applications of bearing technology, including bearings in vehicles, rotating machinery, machine tools, and home appliances. Case studies are also included.
Table of Contents
Preface
Table of Contents
Section 1. Bearing Basic Technology
1. Sliding Bearings and Lubrication Mechanics
2. Rolling Element-Bearing Mechanics
3. Magnetic Bearings
4. Synovial-Fluid Joints - The Body's Bearings
5. Bearing Monitoring and Diagnostics
Section 2. Bearing Design and Application
6. Bearings without Thick-Fluid-Film Lubrication
7. Hydrodynamic Journal and Thrust Bearings
8. Hydrostatic Bearings
9. Rolling Element Bearings
10. Vibration Characteristics of Bearings
Section 3. Troubleshooting Case Studies
11. Turbine-Generator Destruction
12. Tilting-Pad Journal-Bearing Pad Flutter
13. Earthquake-Induced-Bearing Damage
14. Refrigerator Compressor Wrist-Pin Bearing
15. Vertical Rotor Random-Bearing Loads
16. Steam Turbine Tilting-Pad-Bearing Retrofit
17. Ineffective Journal-Bearing Pinch
18. Nuclear Plant Pump Rubber Bearings
Index
