Steady state performance characteristics of single pad externally adjustable fluid film bearing in the laminar and turbulent regimes

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Shenoy, B S ^a   Pai, R ^a  

^a MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Externally adjustable; Simplified adiabatic solution; Single pad; Static characteristics; Tilt and radial adjustments; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC MODELS; ADIABATIC SOLUTION; ATTITUDE ANGLE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ECCENTRICITY RATIOS; FLUID FILM BEARINGS; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITIES; LUBRICATION THEORY; RADIAL CLEARANCE; SINGLE PAD; SOMMERFELD NUMBER; STATIC CHARACTERISTIC; STATIC PERFORMANCE; STEADY STATE PERFORMANCE; TILT ADJUSTMENT; TILTING PAD BEARINGS; TURBULENT REGIME;

FLUIDS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; LINEARIZATION; LUBRICATION; REYNOLDS EQUATION; TURBULENCE MODELS;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 77955119774     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3070580     Document Type: Article

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