Progress of Fluid-Film Lubrication

This paper discusses briefly problems of bearing design imposed by the increasing demands of modern practice, and shows how they are being met in bearings of the film-lubricated type, especially with respect to carrying high intensities of bearing pressure in journal bearings, and to increasing the durability of bearings by elimination of wear. Some commonly unrecognized factors controlling the lubrication of bearings are discussed, especially with respect to lubricants other than oil.

Some new types of bearings are illustrated and described.