Discusses the significant advances made within the last decade in the area of fluid film lubrication and its applications.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Basic equations; 3. Thick-film lubrication; 4. Dynamic properties of lubricant films; 5. Effects of fluid inertia; 6. Flow stability and transition; 7. Turbulence; 8. Elastrohydrodynamic lubrication; 9. Thermal effects; 10. Lubrication with non-newtonian fluids; 11. Gas lubrication; 12. Molecularly thin films; 13. Biotribology.