A Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Oil-Air Flow between the Cage and Inner Race of an Aero-engine Bearing

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Adeniyi, Akinola A ^a   Morvan, Herve ^b   Simmons, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; BALL BEARINGS; DYNAMICS; ENGINES; FLUID DYNAMICS; LOCATION; SPEED;

BEARING CHAMBER; BEARING ELEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; FLOW BEHAVIORS; INNER SURFACES; LINEAR SPEED; THROUGH HOLE; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84986275978     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4034210     Document Type: Article

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