Some experiments on oil whirl and oil whip

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-153

  El Shafei, A ^a   Tawfick, S H ^a   Raafat, M S ^a   Aziz, G M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; ROTATION; SPEED;

CRITICAL SPEED; CYLINDRICAL JOURNAL BEARINGS; FLEXIBLE ROTOR; OIL WHIP; OIL WHIRL;

ROTORS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; ROTATION; ROTORS; SPEED;

EID: 34248336269     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2181185     Document Type: Article

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