Experimental investigation on the performance characteristics of tilting pad journal bearings for small L/D ratios

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Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-40

  Sudheer Kumar Reddy, D ^a   Swarnamani, S ^a   Prabhu, B S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Coast down; Experiments; Identification; Pad temperature; Tilting pad

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DAMPING; FRICTION; LUBRICATING OILS; STIFFNESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES; BEARING PADS; PERFORMANCE;

COAST DOWN; TILTING PAD JOURNAL BEARINGS; PAD TEMPERATURE; ROTOR BEARING TEST RIG; TILTING PAD;

JOURNAL BEARINGS;

EID: 0031275250     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0043-1648(97)00143-9     Document Type: Article

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