Abstract: A size effect exists for thrust bearings, requiring increasing attention to the control of deformation as the size is increased. One method of controlling deformation is to mount the pad on ...

Abstract: The modernization of hydro-generators can involve the analysis of many different manufacturer’s designs of thrust bearings. Recent designs of bearing in common use are very reliable, but when ...

Abstract: The benefits of three-dimensional modeling of thrust bearings are described and illustrated with examples. Data are given for the convection coefficients on the back face of pads and attention ...

Abstract: Experimental data are given of the friction coefficient of spherically radiused sliders against three polymers and two elastomers. Tests were carried out over a four order of magnitude range ...

Abstract: The thermoelectric signal from an Alumel pin sliding over a steel surface was recorded and analyzed. The load, speed and surface topography were varied and correlations were attempted of the ...

Abstract: This paper describes the development and calibration of an original test apparatus to study the effect of frictional heating on lubricant effectiveness. The configuration used the Seebeck effect ...

Abstract: The spread of lubricant across the wear track of a pin-disk machine may be adequately modeled assuming axisymmetric, viscous flow with zero shear stress at the lubricant-air interface. Waves ...

Abstract: The friction of a sliding tactile contact was measured in an apparatus which simulated a keyboard. Results were taken for several materials. The friction coefficient was found to decrease with ...