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Dynamically Loaded Journal Bearings: A Finite Element Treatment for Rigid and Elastic Surfaces
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1985
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EngineeringMechanical EngineeringComputational MechanicsFinite Element TreatmentMechanicsExperimental MechanicMesh DensityRheologyElastic SurfacesHydrodynamic LubricationMechanical BehaviorMechanical ModelingPiston-ring LubricationLoad-bearing CapacityTribological PropertyJournal BearingsFinite Element MethodMechanical SystemsStructural MechanicsMechanics Of Materials
Hydrodynamic lubrication of dynamically loaded journal bearings with both rigid and flexible housings is treated by a unified computational procedure based on the finite element method. Numerical examples show effects of mesh density and housing flexibility under steady and periodic loading.