Application of Finite-Element Method to Hydrodynamic Lubrication Problems : Part 2, Finite-Width Bearings

Abstract

The application of the finite-element method to infinite-width bearing problems were presented in the first paper. In this paper, the finite-element method applied to the partial and the ordinary differential Reynolds equation is studied on finite-width bearing problems. The treatments of the boundary and the connecting condition at nodes in the finite-element method are presented. The finite-element methods for finite journal bearings have more advantages as compared with the finite-difference method and the analytical approximate solution.