This invention relates to the field of testing technology for large ship propulsion systems, specifically to a test method and
system for assessing the wear reliability of large water-lubricated bearings. This invention ensures the similarity in
lubrication and cooling performance among three pairs of friction pairs tested—material test blocks, scaled-down samples, and full-scale prototypes—in terms of test objects. When comparing and analyzing wear, the influence of relative sliding speed on wear is simplified by using a linear velocity
cyclic test design with the same time span, thus simplifying the wear rate model of the water-lubricated bearing. Compared to solely relying on the durability
cyclic test data of the full-scale prototype, the addition of scaled-down sample tests reduces the randomness of
test data, and the use of the maximum average wear value as input to determine the wear model of the water-lubricated bearing improves the
engineering reliability of the assessment method. This invention can shorten the testing and assessment cycle for the wear reliability of large water-lubricated bearings, save testing costs, and provide highly accurate assessment results.