Bifurcation behavior of a flexible rotor supported on nonlinear squeeze film dampers without centralized springs

International Journal of Rotating Machinery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-312

  Changsheng, Zhu ^a,c   Ulbrich, Heinz ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Bistable operation; Nonlinear; Rotor; Rotordynamics; Squeeze film damper

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011074895     PISSN: 1023621X     EISSN: 15423034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1023621X00000282     Document Type: Article

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