Syllabus

Experiment 1: To determine the wear and co-efficient of friction of the material during sliding ,by using pin on disc apparatus .
Experiment 2: To find the erosion rate of a given sample by air jet erosion test rig.
Experiment 3: To evaluate the abrasion resistance of composite using a dry sand abrasion tester as per ASTM G 65 standards.
Experiment 4: To determine the expected life of a ball bearing for a corresponding load.
Experiment 5: To investigate the vibration characteristics of rolling element bearings by measuring and analysing vibration signatures using time and frequency domain analysis
Experiment 6: To determine the distribution of lubricating oil at various loads and speed of a Journal Bearing.
Experiment 7: To determine wear rate using two body abrasion test apparatus
Experiment 8: To evaluate the slurry abrasion resistance of composite as per ASTM G 105 standards
Experiment 9: Study and experimentation on of Profile Meter
Experiment 10: To investigate the vibration characteristics of liquid lubricated bearings by measuring and analysing vibration signatures using time and frequency domain analysis

To get practical exposer to the subject

Hand on experiment on tribological equipment's

To find out wear and friction of different materials

To study bearing performance for Rotor-bearing systems

CO1: To understand use of Pin-on Disc apparatus for finding friction and wear parameter
CO2: To understand use of erosion and abrassion concepts using earosin and abrassion wear test rigs
CO3: To understand hydrodynamic pressure concepts in oil bearing test rig.
CO4: To predic life of ball bearings.
CO5: To undestand vibration signatures of rotor-bearing system

B.C.Majumdar, Introduction to Tribology of Bearings, S Chand and Company , 4th edition , 2014

Prasanta Sahoo, Engineering Tribology, PHI , 5th edition , 2016

Basu,Sengupta,Ahuja, Fundamentals of Tribology, PHI , 6th edition , 2016

Composite Materials

Journal Of Wear,