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ASSIGNMENT Tribology

This document contains two assignments related to tribology. Assignment 01 includes tasks such as describing the importance of tribology study, explaining the construction and working of viscometers, defining wear and explaining wear types with sketches, deriving equations like Petroff's and Reynolds, deriving expressions for oil flow rate and hydrostatic bearing load capacity. It also includes distinguishing viscosity types and fluid properties. Assignment 02 covers defining tribology terms, discussing bearing material properties, explaining surface engineering methods like ion implantation, and deriving expressions for hydrostatic thrust bearings and pressure distribution in slider bearings. It asks about rolling element bearing failure factors and nano tribology examples.

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ASSIGNMENT Tribology

This document contains two assignments related to tribology. Assignment 01 includes tasks such as describing the importance of tribology study, explaining the construction and working of viscometers, defining wear and explaining wear types with sketches, deriving equations like Petroff's and Reynolds, deriving expressions for oil flow rate and hydrostatic bearing load capacity. It also includes distinguishing viscosity types and fluid properties. Assignment 02 covers defining tribology terms, discussing bearing material properties, explaining surface engineering methods like ion implantation, and deriving expressions for hydrostatic thrust bearings and pressure distribution in slider bearings. It asks about rolling element bearing failure factors and nano tribology examples.

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ASSIGNMENT 01

TRIBOLOGY
1. Describe the importance of Tribology study.

2. Explain with neat sketch construction and working of Saybolt and Ostwald viscometers.

3. Explain with neat sketch construction and working of Saybolt and falling sphere
viscometers.

4. Define wear and explain type of wear with sketches.

5. Explain with neat sketch abrasive wear tester.

6. Derive petroff’s equation. State the assumptions made.

7. Stating the assumptions made in deriving Reynolds, derive the Reynolds equation in two
dimensions.

8. Derive an expression for oil flow rate in a hydrostatic bearing.

9. Distinguish between (i) Dynamic and Kinematic viscosity (ii) Fluidity and viscosity (iii)
Newtonian and Non Newtonian fluid

10. A pivoted shoe of a slider bearing has square shape. The load acting on the bearing is
13.34kN, velocity of the moving member is 5.08m/s. lubricating oil is SAE 40. The
expected mean temperature of oil film is 90℃, permissible minimum oil film thickness is
1.905×10 -5 m. Find

i) Required dimensions of the shoe

ii) Coefficient of friction in the bearing under given operating condition

iii) Power loss


Assume that inclination of surface corresponds to maximum load carrying capacity.
Neglect effect of end flow of oil

ASSIGNMENT 02
1. Define the following

(i) Tribology (ii) Lubrication (iii) Viscosity (iv) Newtonian fluid

2. Discuss any six desirable properties of bearing materials.

3. Explain the properties and applications of commonly used bearing materials.

4. Explain Electroless and Electro plating wit neat sketches.

5. Define Surface Engineering. Explain Ion Implantation method.

6. Derive the expression for rate of flow of oil and load carrying
capacity for on hydrostatic step bearing.

7. The following data refers to the hydrostatic thrust bearing. W =


460KN, outside diameter = 400mm, pocket diameter = 250mm, oil film
thickness = 0.15m, speed = 2800rpm, viscosity = 0.033 pa-s. Determine
Inlet pressure, Energy lost in pumping, Power loss due to friction, Total
energy lost, and Coefficient of friction.

8. What are the factors of failure of rolling element bearing.

9. Derive the expression of pressure distribution of plane slider bearing.

10. What you understand by Nano tribology? Give two example.

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