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Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

Lubricating Engineering

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 338-0916/01
Abbreviation MTech
Course title Lubricating Engineering
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Equipment
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Bohuslav Pavlok, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1st Dry, boundary and mixed friction. Model of contact friction surfaces. Coefficient of friction. Stribeck diagram. Stick-slip effect.
2nd Fluid friction. The hydrodynamic theory of lubrication.
3rd Sliding hydrodynamically lubricated bearings.
4th Elastohydrodynamic friction and lubrication.
5th Hydrostatic bearings.
6th Lubricants: liquid, plastic, rigid. Rheology of greases.
7th Wear of machine parts. Materials sliding pairs.
8th Construction and materials of bearings.
9th Lubrication systems and equipment.

Literature

1. Hamrock, B.J. Fundamentals of Fluid Film Lubrication. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1994.
2. Neale, M.J. Tribology Handbook. London : Butterworths, 1973.

Advised literature

1. Schramm, G. Introduction to Practical Viscomery. Karlsruhe : HAARE, 1981.