Bearings

Bearings: from Technoloogical Foundations to Practical Design Applications provides a modern study of bearing types, design factors, and industrial examples.

Section I: 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 II: 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 III: 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