Linear stability analysis for a hydrodynamic journal bearing considering cavitation effects

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 450-456

  Rao, T V V L N ^a   Sawicki, Jerzy T ^b  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Dynamic Coefficients; Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing; Stability

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; ECCENTRICITY; FILM REFORMATION BOUNDARIES; FILM RUPTURE; HYDRODYNAMIC JOURNAL BEARING; PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

CAVITATION; DAMPING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASTIC FILMS; STEADY FLOW; STIFFNESS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0036810706     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1290/1071-2690(2002)038<0450:BAEDPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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