Water Lubricated Bearings
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 26
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water lubricated bearings; tribology of transmission components; mixed lubrication; friction dynamics; friction vibration; friction and wear prediction; tribological performance evaluation; tribology testing technology
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Interests: water lubricated bearings; elastomer tribology; hydrodynamic lubrication; mixed lubrication; polymer testing; ship tribology; thrust bearings; lubrication failure; multiphase flow; oil–water emulsification
Interests: tribological techniques for the enhancement of mechanical design; marine propulsion systems; hydrodynamic lubrication; water-lubricated bearings; surface texturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water lubricated bearings are a type of resource-saving and environmentally friendly bearing that uses new polymer engineering composite materials instead of traditional metal materials as the working interface of its transmission components and natural water instead of mineral oil as the lubricating medium for its transmission system. These bearings are widely used in various transmission machinery, especially to support the transmission shaft system in ship propulsion systems.
With the development of science and technology, high-end equipment has created increasingly stringent performance requirements for water lubricated bearings, such as a lower friction coefficient, better wear resistance, stronger environmental adaptability, and lower vibration and noise. In order to further improve the performance of water lubricated bearings, effective research has been carried out on the development of new materials, preparation processes, the optimization of lubrication structures, and advanced testing and evaluation methods.
In this Special Issue, we invite contributors to explore cutting-edge research and the latest developments in the field of water lubricated bearings. We welcome theoretical and experimental research, as well as review and survey papers.
Dr. Guangwu Zhou
Dr. Jian Huang
Dr. Morel Groper
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water lubricated bearings
- journal bearings
- water lubrication
- fluid lubrication
- tribology
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