Calculation of journal bearing dynamic characteristics including journal misalignment and bearing structural deformation©

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-102

  Ebrat, Omidreza ^a   Mourelatos, Zissimos P ^b   Vlahopoulos, Nickolas ^c   Vaidyanathan, Kumar ^a  

^a Federal Mogul Corporation   (United States)

^b Oakland University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication (EHL); Fluid Film Bearings; Internal Combustion Engines

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEFORMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STIFFNESS; THIN FILMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DAMPING; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

OIL FILM PRESSURE; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATIONS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION (EHL); FLUID FILM BEARINGS; JOURNAL ECCENTRICITY;

TRIBOLOGY; JOURNAL BEARINGS;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; ENGINE; FLUID FILM; JOURNAL BEARING; OIL LUBRICATION;

EID: 1242298830     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05698190490278994     Document Type: Article

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