CFD simulation of magnetorheological fluid journal bearings

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1035-1060

  Bompos, Dimitrios A ^a   Nikolakopoulos, Pantelis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD; Journal bearings; Magnetorheological fluid ANSYS

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE ANGLE; BEARING CHARACTERISTIC; BEARING RATIO; CFD; CFD SIMULATIONS; ECCENTRICITY RATIOS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; INTEGRATED SIMULATIONS; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUID ANSYS; OIL FLOW; ROTOR-BEARING SYSTEM; STEADY MAGNETIC FIELDS;

BEARING PADS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDS; FRICTION; JOURNAL BEARINGS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79751534298     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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