Advances in Hydrodynamic Bearings
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 98
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanical engineering; tribology; EHD simulation; gear tribology; bearing tribology; sliding contacts
Interests: tribology; elastohydrodynamic lubrication; finite elements; machine learning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lubrication is a key element in allowing machinery to operate with low energy losses and minimal wear. Since the first investigation of the hydrodynamic effect in journal bearings by Tower and Reynolds, significant progress has been made. The benefits of full-film lubrication have led to its widespread use in machinery of many different types.
Today, full-film lubrication faces new challenges: low-viscosity oils or even water as lubricants, more complex rheological behaviors than those described by the standard Newtonian model, artificial surface textures to enhance load-carrying capacity, and the need for more accurate consideration of surface roughness and texture in numerical models.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Experimental testing of journal or thrust bearings
- Numerical modeling of hydrodynamic or hydrostatic lubrication
- Research around artificial surface texture–numerical or experimental
- Rheological impacts on full-film lubrication properties
- Impact of surface roughness on the full-film lubrication, e.g., flow factors
- Water-lubricated bearings
- Ultra-low-viscosity oils and their impact on full-film lubrication
- Oil aging and the corresponding effects on bearing capacity under full-film lubrication
Dr. Michael Pusterhofer
Prof. Dr. Wassim Habchi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- full-film lubrication
- rheology
- hydrodynamic theory
- elastohydrodynamics
- artifical surface textures
- surface roughness
- journal bearing
- thrust bearing
- viscosity
- oil aging
- water-lubricated bearings
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