Theoretical analysis of stability characteristics of hydrodynamic journal bearings lubricated with micropolar fluids

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

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-56

  Das, S ^a   Guha, S K ^b   Chattopadhyay, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Characteristics length; Coupling number; Hydrodynamic journal bearings; Linear perturbation technique; Micropolar fluid; Non linear analysis; Stability parameter

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUIDS; LUBRICATION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; STABILITY; THRESHOLD LOGIC;

MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; MICROPOLAR LUBRICATION THEORY;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING; JOURNAL BEARING; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROPOLAR LUBRICANT; MODELING;

EID: 1842453695     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/135065004322842825     Document Type: Article

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