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A. R. Lansdown - High Temperature Lubrication, Inbunden

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High Temperature Lubrication

Av A. R. Lansdown

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High Temperature Lubrication is based on a study of lubrication at high temperatures, the need for which was highlighted by a survey of engineers in industry. One of the first difficulties in discussing high temperature lubrication is the problem of defining what is a high temperature. In the context of grease lubrication, high temperature problems can arise at any temperature over 130°C; for the lubrication of vehicle engines, sump temperatures over 150°C are probably too high; solid lubrication of ceramics can be successful up to 100°C. It follows, then, that for the engineers and technologists for whom this book is written, a working definition for ‘high temperature’ can be taken to mean any temperature high enough to cause problems which would not arise at lower temperatures. The aim of this book is to provide, in a simple form which can be easily understood by non-specialists, information which is of value to engineers faced with problems of lubrication at high temperatures, whether those temperatures are less than 140°C or greater than 1000°C. The various topics have been described in sufficient detail to enable an engineer to understand the factors involved in solving a high temperature lubrication problem without unnecessary complication.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2006-06-23
  • Mått: 151 x 216 x 18 mm
  • Vikt: 454 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 240
  • Förlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • ISBN: 9780852988978
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Dr A. R. Lansdown trained originally as a chemist, andreceived his first degree at University College, Cardiff, and hisdoctorate at Cambridge. From Cambridge he went to Canada as aNational Research Council Post-Doctorate Fellow. In Canada he became interested in the petroleum industry and in1956 joined the Production Research and Technical ServiceLaboratory of Imperial Oil Limited in Calgary. Here he becameinvolved for the first time in the application of chemistry tovarious aspects of engineering, especially the flow of fluidsthrough the rock formations of petroleum reservoirs.In 1961 he returned to Britain to join the Ministry of Aviation,with responsibilities for aircraft lubricants as well as hydraulicfluids and fuels. In this work he was able to combine his technicalexperience with his life-long interest in aviation. Like many otherlubricant technologists at that time, he soon realised that thepurely chemical aspects of lubricant formulation and behaviourcould not be divorced from the engineering aspects of lubrication,the realisation which was soon afterwards to lead to the concept oftribology as a unifying discipline.His period in the Ministry of Aviation coincided with theintensive search for high-temperature lubricants and other productsfor use in supersonic aircraft, and he became particularlyinterested in synthetic and solid lubricants.In 1968 he was appointed Manger, and subsequently Director, ofthe newly-formed Swansea Tribology Centre, and retained this postuntil his retirement in 1988. In addition to the management of thecentre, he also carried out a wide  variety of consultancyprojects, including a number of plant failure investigations, andthee further involved him in analysing the engineering aspects ofthe  failures.He took an active part in the activities of the Institute ofPetroleum and the Tribology Group of the Institution of MechanicalEngineers. He was a member of the council of the Institute ofPetroleum from 1984 to 1990. He was awar5ded the Tribology SilverMedal in 1986 and was appointed a Fellow of Institution ofMechanical Engineers in 1993. Since his retirement from the SwanseaTribology Centre he has continued to wok as an independentconsultant.

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