Abstract
A potentially useful analytical solution for the prediction of the temperature rise in a lubricating film is presented. The method readily yields a mean temperature for evaluating the effective viscosity without the need for iterations. Application of this is simple but realistic analytical solutions for preliminary design consideration of thrust and journal bearings are presented with verification.
Issue Section:
Hydrodynamics and Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication
References
1.
Raimondi
, A.
, and Boyd
, J.
, 1958
, “A Solution for the Finite Journal Bearing and Its Application to Analysis and Design—Parts I, II, III
,” ASLE Trans.
, 1
(1
), pp. 159
–209
. 2.
Dowson
, D.
, 1979
, “Thermal Effects in Tribology
,” Proceedings of the 6th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology
, Institut National Des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
, France
, Sept. 18–21
.3.
Dowson
, D.
, Hudson
, J.
, Hunter
, B.
, and March
, C.
, 1966
, “An Experimental Investigation of Thermal Equilibrium of Steady Loaded Journal Bearings
,” Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng.
, 101
, pp. 70
–80
. 4.
Dowson
, D.
, and March
, C.
, 1966
, “A Thermodydrodynamic Analysis of Journal Bearings
,” Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng.
, 181
, pp. 117
–126
. 5.
Khonsari
, M. M.
, 1987
, “A Review of Thermal Effects in Hydrodynamic Bearings. Part I: Slider and Thrust Bearings
,” ASLE Trans.
, 30
(1
), pp. 19
–25
. 6.
Khonsari
, M. M.
, 1987
, “A Review of Thermal Effects in Hydrodynamic Bearings. Part II: Journal Bearings
,” ASLE Trans.
, 30
(1
), pp. 26
–33
. 7.
Pinkus
, O.
, 1990
, Thermal Aspects of Fluid Film Tribology
, ASME Press
, New York
.8.
Ferron
, J.
, Frene
, J.
, and Boncompain
, R.
, 1983
, “A Study of the Thermohydrodynamic Performance of a Plain Journal Bearing Comparison Between Theory and Experiments
,” ASME J. Lubr. Technol.
, 105
(3
), pp. 422
–428
. 9.
Khonsari
, M.
, Jang
, J.
, and Fillon
, M.
, 1996
, “On the Generalization of Thermohydrodynamic Analysis for Journal Bearings
,” ASME J. Tribol.
, 118
(3
), pp. 571
–579
. 10.
Fillon
, M.
, and Khonsari
, M.
, 1996
, “Thermohydrodynamic Design Charts for Tilting-Pad Journal Bearings
,” ASME J. Tribol.
, 118
(1
), pp. 232
–238
. 11.
Jang
, J. Y.
, and Khonsari
, M. M.
, 2004
, “Design of Bearings Based on Thermohydrodynamic Analysis
,” J. Eng. Tribol. Proc. Inst.. Mech. Eng., Part J: J. Eng. Tribol.
, 218
(5
), pp. 355
–363
. 12.
Khonsari
, M. M.
, and Beaman
, J. J.
, 1986
, “Thermohydrodynamic Analysis of Laminar Incompressible Journal Bearings
,” ASLE Trans.
, 29
(2
), pp. 141
–150
. 13.
Khonsari
, M. M.
, and Booser
, E. R.
, 2017
, Applied Tribology: Lubrication and Bearing Design
, 3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
, West Sussex, UK
.14.
Khonsari
, M. M.
, and Wang
, S. H.
, 1992
, “Notes on Transient THD Effects in a Lubricating Film
,” STLE Trib. Trans.
, 35
(1
), pp. 177
–183
. Copyright © 2025 by ASME
You do not currently have access to this content.
