Bearings: Basic Concepts and Design Applications

Bearings: from Technoloogical Foundations to Practical Design Applications

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

Section I: Bearing Basic Technology
Chapter 1. Sliding Bearings And Lubrication Mechanics
Chapter 2. Rolling Element-Bearing Mechanics
Chapter 3. Magnetic Bearings
Chapter 4. Synovial-Fluid Joints—The Body’S Bearings
Chapter 5. Bearing Monitoring And Diagnostics

Section II: Bearing Design and Application
Chapter 6. Bearings Without Thick-Fluid-Film Lubrication
Chapter 7. Hydrodynamic Journal And Thrust Bearings
Chapter 8. Hydrostatic Bearings
Chapter 9. Rolling Element Bearings
Chapter 10. Vibration Characteristics Of Bearings

Section III: Troubleshooting Case Studies
Chapter 11. Turbine-Generator Destruction
Chapter 12. Tilting-Pad Journal-Bearing Pad Flutter
Chapter 13. Earthquake-Induced-Bearing Damage
Chapter 14. Refrigerator Compressor Wrist-Pin Bearing
Chapter 15. Vertical Rotor Random-Bearing Loads
Chapter 16. Steam Turbine Tilting-Pad-Bearing Retrofit
Chapter 17. Ineffective Journal-Bearing Pinch
Chapter 18. Nuclear Plant Pump Rubber Bearings