...Jun Cheng; Chunxing Gu Purpose As the crucial support component of the propeller power system, the reliability of the operation of submersible pumps is influenced by the lubrication performance of water-lubricated thrust bearings. When the water-lubricated thrust bearings are under start-stop...

...Liwu Wang; Yanfeng Han; Dongxing Tang; Jianlin Cai Purpose The purpose of this paper is to verify the effectiveness of the proposed transient mixed lubrication and wear coupling model [mixed lubrication and wear (MLW) coupling model] under water lubricated conditions by comparing...

... friction, boundary friction and different temperatures of water-lubricated conditions were obtained. Findings The test results show that the thick metal coating has a good performance of the wear resistance and friction reduction; and the friction coefficients of a Sn-Sb-Cu coating under the dry...

...Chuang Wang; Ziwen Xing; Xi Pan; Zhilong He Purpose The well-operating condition of journal bearing is the assurance to keep superior performance of water-lubricated twin-screw compressor. To design the journal bearing more reasonably for this type of compressor, this paper aims to study...