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41622 Tribology of Machine Elements
Danish title: Smøringsmekanik
Language:  English    ECTS-creditpoints:  5, External examination.   
Type:  , open university
Class schedule:   E1-B
Exam schedule:   F1-B (maj 28 2002), E1-B (dec 11 2001)
Recommended semester:  7th - 9th semester
Scope and form:  Lessons and experiments.
Evaluation:  Oral exam
Examination:  13-scale
Previous course:  C7207, 72214
Prerequisites:  72111
Aim:  To enable the students to perform analysis of the bearing operational and performance parameters, and to give an introduction to the scientific literature in this field.
Contents:  Lubricant properties. Bearing materials. The theory of the hydrodynamic bearing and its operating and performance parameters. The theory of the hydrostatic bearing and its operating and performance parameters. Viscometry.
Elastohydrodynamic lubrication. Rolling element bearings. Geometry and surface roughness of bearing parts. Friction and wear in bearings.
Contact:  Peder Klit, building 358, (+45) 4525 6267, klit@mek.dtu.dk
Department: 041 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:  Lubrication, Tribology, Friction, Bearing
Updated:  07-05-2001