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Steady state and stability characteristics of a hydrodynamic journal bearing with a non-Newtonian lubricant

S.T.N. Swamy, +2 more
- 01 Apr 1977 - 
- Vol. 42, Iss: 2, pp 229-244
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In this paper, the effect of the non-Newtonian behaviour of lubricants, resulting from the addition of polymers, on the performance of hydrodynamic journal bearings was investigated.
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This article is published in Wear.The article was published on 1977-04-01. It has received 26 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Steady state & Fluid dynamics.

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CFD analysis of journal bearing hydrodynamic lubrication by Bingham lubricant

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance characteristics of a hydrodynamically lubricated journal bearing with a Bingham fluid are derived by means of three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (3-D CFD) analysis.
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Stochastic dynamic behaviour of hydrodynamic journal bearings including the effect of surface roughness

TL;DR: In this article, the stochastic behavior of hydrodynamic journal bearings is investigated by solving the Reynolds equation with random parameters numerically based on finite difference method, and the steady state and dynamic characteristics are quantified considering random variabilities in eccentricity and surface roughness.
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Adiabatic analysis of finite width journal bearings with non-newtonian lubricants

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present adiabatic solutions for a finite width hydrodynamic journal bearing with non-newtonian lubricants, obeying the power-law model.
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Stability of journal bearing systems using non-Newtonian lubricants: a non-linear transient analysis

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of non-Newtonian behaviour of lubricants, resulting from the addition of polymers, on the performance of hydrodynamic journal bearings is investigated.
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Adiabatic solutions for a misaligned journal bearing with non-Newtonian lubricants

TL;DR: Adiabatic solutions for a finite width, hydrodynamic, misaligned journal bearing with non-Newtonian lubricants, obeying the power law model, are presented in this article.
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Calculated load capacity of non-newtonian lubricants in finite width journal bearings

TL;DR: In this paper, a modified form of Reynolds' equation was derived for steady finite width journal bearings, and the finite difference technique with successive over relaxation was used incorporating Reynolds' boundary conditions for pressure to obtain the pressure distribution and hence the attitude angle.
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Non-newtonian flow-between parallel boundaries in linear movement

TL;DR: In this article, the flow equations of a general non-elastic fluid are solved for the case of steady, incompressible, laminar flow between parallel boundaries in linear movement, and with an arbitrary pressure gradient.
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Slider Bearing Performance with a Non-Newtonian Lubricant

TL;DR: In this article, an analytical method for treating the flow of a non-Newtonian lubricant in a slider bearing is presented, which satisfies the invariant conditions and is applicable to both pseudoplastic and dilotant fluids.
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Stiffness and damping characteristics of finite width journal bearings with a non-newtonian film and their application to instability prediction

TL;DR: In this paper, a modified form of Reynolds' equation for journal bearings is derived for dynamically loaded finite width journal bearings, and the stability limit for such a bearing is obtained for different values of the nonlinear factor.
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