Gas Thermo-Hydrodynamic Lubrication and Seals

Gas Thermo-hydrodynamic Lubrication and Seals provides contemporary theory and methods for thermo-hydrodynamic lubrication analysis in the design of gas bearings and seals. The title includes information on gas state equations and gas property, derivation of gas thermo-hydrodynamic lubrication equations, the theory of isothermal gas lubrication, thermal gas lubrication of rigid surfaces, gas thermoelastic hydrodynamic lubrication of face seals, vapor-condensed gas lubrication of face seals, experimental methods, and the design of gas face seals. Readers will find state-of-the-art, practical knowledge based on fifty years of research and application.

• Describes thermo-hydrodynamic lubrication analysis for the design of gas bearings and seals
• Considers the increased operational speed, pressure and temperature of mechanical equipment in relation to gas bearings and seals
• Describes multi-field coupled gas lubrication theory and analytical methods
• Provides a model and detailed data on the lubricating properties of typical gas bearings and seals
• Gives comprehensive coverage of the field based on a half-century of research and application