IN THIS POST WE WILL DISCUSS THREE TYPES OF LUBRICATION :-
- BOUNDARY LUBRICATION :- IF THE LAYER OF LUBRICANT IS ATTENUATED TO SUCH AN EXTEND THAT IT EXISTS ONLY IN MOLECULAR LEVEL THEN SUCH A LUBRICATION IS CALLED BOUNDARY LUBRICATION.
- HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION :- IF THE SURFACE IS SLIDING AND THESE SLIDING SURFACES ARE COMPLETELY SEPARATED BY A CONTINUOUS UNBROKEN FILM OF OIL WHILE CARRYING A LOAD, THEN SUCH A LUBRICATION IS KNOWN AS HYDRO-DYNAMIC LUBRICATION.
- ELASTO-HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION :-IT IS A LUBRICATION IN WHICH ELASTIC DEFORMATION OF THE SURFACES TAKES PLACE AND IT CONSIDERABLY ALTERS THE SHAPE AND THICKNESS OF THE SEPARATING LUBRICATING FILM