Water-Lubricated Bearings
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 19541
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Interests: lubrication mechanism of bearings
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Special Issue Information
This Special Issue is devoted to research on the lubrication performance of water-lubricated bearings. This includes but is not limited to the lubrication mechanism of bearing, structural design, fluid–structure coupling, friction and wear, optimization analysis, dynamic characteristics, surface texture treatment, groove design and bionic application, etc.
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, under the guidance of the “emission peak" and "carbon neutrality”, the international community has set off an upsurge of the research on green and clean energy. Therefore, traditional bearings with oil as the lubricant have begun to withdraw from the stage of shipping. Water-lubricated bearings possess many advantages, such as high cleanliness, high reliability, high specific heat capacity, high efficiency and high vibration resistance. Thanks to experimental and numerical research that has been conducted on water-lubricated bearings, the main performance characteristics have been mastered, and mature structural design and standardization systems have also been established. At present, water-lubricated bearings are widely employed in ships, submarines, water pumps and other fields. As the crucial support component of power systems, the performance and service life of water-lubricated bearings directly determine the efficiency and safety of ships in navigation. When a ship works on the sea, the shaft is at high-speed condition. After being disturbed by the stern shaft and bearing’s weight, the problems of poor lubrication, load capacity reduction, poor stability and serious friction still exist.
We are pleased to invite you to submit a research paper to the Special Issue. We plan to collect 10 papers about the lubrication and friction performance of water-lubricated bearings, and will print them in book form if this number is reached.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- lubrication mechanism
- structural design
- fluid–structure coupling
- friction and wear
- optimization analysis
- dynamic characteristics
- surface texture treatment
- groove design
- lubrication regime
- dynamic behaviors
- tribological performance
- bionic application.
Prof. Dr. Zhongliang Xie
Dr. Yanfeng Han
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water-lubricated bearing
- lubrication regime
- dynamic behaviors
- tribological performances
- rotor dynamics
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