On the design of thrust bearings using a CFD technique

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-412

  Zhang, J X ^a   Rodkiewicz, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic bearings; Hydrodynamic lubrication

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THIN FILMS;

HYDRODYNAMIC BEARINGS;

THRUST BEARINGS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING; HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 0031180060     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009708983674     Document Type: Article

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