Abstract: Michael Lovell contributed significantly to the science and application of ball and rolling element bearings subjected to uniform and oscillatory motion at extremely low speeds. The control of friction in such operating ...

Abstract: During the runningin process, a friction pair experiences drastic evolution in many of its tribological parameters, such as surface roughness, wear rate, and coefficient of friction until steadystate is attained. In this ...

Abstract: The statistical microcontact models of Greenwood–Williamson (GW), Kogut–Etsion (KE), and Jackson–Green (JG) are employed along with the elastic bulk deformation of the contacting solids to predict the characteristics ...

Abstract: Entropic and energybased approaches are employed for prediction of wear in dry sliding contact between crossed cylinders. The methodology requires measurement or estimation of the temperature rise in the sliding system. ...

Abstract: To characterize the severity of misaligned journal bearings, two independent parameters are needed: degree of misalignment and misalignment angle. These parameters are routinely used to predict the behavior of steadily ...

Abstract: Depending on the speed of rotation, a gyroscopic system may lose or gain stability. The paper characterizes the critical angular velocities at which a conservative gyroscopic system may change from a stable to an unstable ...