Chapter 16      Lubricated bearings and fluid dampers

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Introduction

Lubrication

Flow between parallel plates

Flow between parallel plates where one is moving

The dashpot

Flow between plates set at a small angle when one moves

The journal bearing

The thrust pad

Wedge action

Wedge action and the journal bearing

Wedge action and the thrust pad

Rolling bearings

Introduction

The manufacture of bearing balls

Wedge action in ball bearings

Lubricating ball bearings

Effect of linear speed of rolling

Rolling bearings in general

Stiffness of bearings

Gears

Conclusion

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