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Tribology Series

Volume 11, 1987, Pages 411-416
Tribology Series

Paper XIII(iii) Turbulence and inertia effects in finite width stepped thrust bearings

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The inertia effect in hydrodynamic thrust bearings are considered here with finite width stepped oil film profiles. In the analysis, the momentum and continuity equations are integrated across the oil film thickness, and combined to produce the modified Reynolds equation. The oil film pressure are obtaine from the Reynolds equation by the finite element method, and corrected by a finite difference scheme.

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