Studies on the influence of surface texture on the performance of hydrodynamic journal bearing using power law model

International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4-6, 2010, Pages 505-524

  Kango, S ^a   Sharma, Rajesh Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bearing pressure; Finite difference method; Friction coefficient; Friction force; Hydrodynamic journal bearing; Load carrying capacity; Power law model; Surface texture

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); JOURNAL BEARINGS; LOAD LIMITS; LOADS (FORCES); NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEXTURES;

BEARING PRESSURE; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION FORCE; HYDRODYNAMIC JOURNAL BEARINGS; POWER LAW MODEL; SURFACE TEXTURES;

FRICTION;

EID: 78651589596     PISSN: 1749785X     EISSN: 17497868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSURFSE.2010.035150     Document Type: Article

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