Stiffness and damping characteristics of lubricated ball bearings considering the surface roughness effect. Part 1: Theoretical formulation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 218, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 529-538

  Sarangi, M ^a   Majumdar, B C ^a   Sekhar, A S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ball bearing; Damping; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Load distribution; Rotor bearing systems; Stiffness; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DAMPING; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STIFFNESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VISCOSITY;

DAMPING MATRICES; LOAD CAPACITY; STEADY-STATE PRESSURES;

BALL BEARINGS;

BALL BEARING; DAMPING; LUBRICATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STIFFNESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 12944289487     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1350650042794716     Document Type: Article

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