Case history of pad fluttering in a tilting-pad journal bearing

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2010, Pages 227-233

  Pennacchi, Paolo ^a   Vania, Andrea ^a   Chatterton, Steven ^a   Pesatori, Emanuel ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Franco Tosi Meccanica SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL VIBRATION; ASSEMBLING ERRORS; CASE HISTORY; HARMONIC COMPONENTS; MACHINE DYNAMICS; OIL WHIRL; OPERATING SPEED; RESIDUAL IMBALANCE; SUB-SYNCHRONOUS; SYNCHRONOUS VIBRATION;

JOURNAL BEARINGS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STEAM TURBINES; TURBINES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BEARING PADS;

EID: 82055195155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2010-22946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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