Three-dimensional incompressible flow of a gas through feed holes into an annular space of finite length

Lubrication Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-160

  Uneeb, M ^a,b   Gohar, R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Power   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Concentric bearing; Dispersion; Feed holes; Gas journal bearing; Incompressible; Inertia; Model; Streaklines; Three dimensional flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONCENTRIC BEARING; FEED HOLES; INERTIA EFFECTS; PRESSURIZED GAS JOURNAL BEARINGS; THREE DIMENSIONAL INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; VENA CONTRACTA;

JOURNAL BEARINGS;

EID: 0031069666     PISSN: 09540075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ls.3010090204     Document Type: Article

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