Experimental study of tilting-pad journal bearings-comparison with theoretical thermoelastohydrodynamic results

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 579-587

  Fillon, Michael ^a   Bligoud, Jean Claude ^a   Frêne, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS-JOURNAL; LUBRICATION-ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC;

BEARINGS - LUBRICATION; BEARINGS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; BEARINGS - TESTING; LUBRICANTS - VISCOSITY; LUBRICATION - THERMAL EFFECTS;

FOUR SHOE TILTING PAD JOURNAL BEARINGS; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; THERMOELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS;

BEARINGS;

EID: 0026898228     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2920920     Document Type: Article

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