Ball bearing lubrication: The elastohydrodynamics of elliptical contacts

The history of ball bearings is examined, taking into account rollers and the wheel
in the early civilizations, the development of early forms of rolling-element
bearings in the classical civilizations, the Middle Ages, the Industrial
Revolution, the emergence of the precision ball bearing, scientific studies of
contact mechanics and rolling friction, and the past fifty years. An introduction
to ball bearings is presented, and aspects of ball bearing mechanics are explored.
Basic characteristics of lubrication are considered along with lubrication
equations, the lubrication of rigid ellipsoidal solids, and elastohydrodynamic
lubrication theory. Attention is given to the theoretical results for fully flooded
elliptical hydrodynamic contacts, the theoretical results for starved elliptical
contacts, experimental investigations, the elastohydrodynamics of elliptical
contacts for materials of low elastic modulus, the film thickness for different
regimes of fluid-film lubrication, and applications.
Document ID
19820041687
Document Type
Book
Authors
Hamrock, B. J.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Tribology Branch, Cleveland, OH, United States)
Dowson, D.
(Leeds University Leeds, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1981
Subject Category
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other