Subject Code: ME6L005 Subject Name: Name: Tribology L-T-P: 3-1-0 Credit:  4
Pre-Requisite(s): None
Introduction: Economic aspects, lubrication of bearings, friction control and wear prevention. Properties and testing of lubricants. Mechanics of fluid flow - Reynolds equation and its limitations.

Idealized bearings : Infinitely long plane pivoted shoe and fixed shoe sliders, Infinitely long journal bearings, Infinitely short (narrow) bearings, Lightly loaded infinitely long journal bearing (Petroffs' solution).

Finite bearings: Approximate analytical solution, Numerical solution and Electrical analogy method. Hydrostatic oil bearing: Thrust and journal bearings, Squeeze film bearings,
Gas-lubricated bearings: Hydrodynamic bearings, Hydrostatic bearings, Porous bearings, Elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication, Fluid inertia and turbulence and hydrodynamic instability, Friction and wear of metals.

Text/Reference Books:
  1. Hutchings I., Tribology, Asterix Press.
  2. Kragelsky I.V., and Alisin V.V., Tribology: Lubrication, Friction and Wear, John Wiley & Sons.
  3. Gohar R., and Rahnejat H., Fundamentals of Tribology, World Scientific Publishing Co.pvt Ltd.
  4. Summers-smith J.D., A Tribology Casebook, John Wiley & Sons.
  5. Heshmat H., Tribology of Interface Layers, CRC Press.
  6. Wen S.and Huang P., Principles of Tribology, John Wiley & Sons.