Research Trends in Hydrodynamic Journal and Thrust Bearings
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy production machinery is one of the main subjects of current engineering research. Manufacturers and users are seeking to increase the performance of these machines and, thus, to extend the maintenance intervals as far as possible. In these types of machines, bearings are one of the most common elements. Therefore, predicting their behavior as precisely as possible according to their wear and scheduling maintenance operations is essential. Bearings are also used in many other devices where rotating shafts need to be guided and supported, such as cars, boats, etc. Their role is to guide and support surfaces in relative motion and, at the same time, to reduce friction. Even if it seems very simple, studying the performance of bearings involves complex, physical, chemical, mechanical, and energetic phenomena.
This Special Issue will pay special attention to the latest developments concerning lubrication mechanisms and lubricants and the effect of operating parameters on their performance, with both experimental and numerical studies of their behavior.
Dr. Jean Bouyer
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Advanced bearings (new materials, lubricants, operating conditions, etc.)
- Resistance of the coatings during the start-up and shutdown phases
- Performance of polymer coatings
- Static and dynamic behavior of bearings in degraded situations (scratches, starvation, misalignment, etc.)
- Multiphysics coupling: dynamic and thermal behavior
- Health indicators and new monitoring techniques for bearings mixing sensors and digital model
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Published Papers
Lubricants - ISSN 2075-4442