Morales-Espejel

Rolling Bearings presents the most relevant damage modes in rolling bearings, with particular emphasis on surface, describing their basic mechanisms, their competitive nature, and the way to model these damaging mechanisms. It includes traditional bearing life calculations, as well as a new formulation separating the surface from the subsurface survival.

After describing basic aspects of rolling bearing operation, the book then covers classical bearing life models and new aspects of bearing life, including the separation of surface from sub-surface survival and some application examples to hybrid bearings. It discusses detailed lubrication aspects of micro-geometry, including partial lubrication, dry contact and thermal basic aspects. The book devotes separate chapters to exploring basic damage modes, including mild-wear, surface distress, fatigue-wear, particle entrapment and damage, among others.

Written for mechanical, aerospace, industrial engineers, and tribologists, this book will also interest engineering students and researchers studying tribology, machine design, and mechanics.

Accompanying MATLAB(R) and OCTAVE program files are available for readers to download on the book’s webpage at Routledge.com.

Guillermo E. Morales-Espejel is a Principal Scientist at SKF Research and Technology Development, The Netherlands and a Chair Professor at LaMCoS, INSA de Lyon, France. He is also a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London, UK. He received a PhD in Tribology from the University of Cambridge, UK and holds a ＂Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (INSA-Lyon)＂. Dr. Morales-Espejel has 10 years of experience as a university lecturer and over 25 years of experience in studying rolling bearings. He is the author of more than 100 scientific papers and several book chapters. In addition, he is an Associate Editor of Tribology Transactions and IMechE Part J. Dr. Morales-Espejel’s research interests include modelling of bearing life, friction, lubrication, and surface life.