The effects of tilt on the behaviour of capillary-compensated fourrecess plane hydrostatic thrust bearings were studied for conditions of no rotation. The Reynolds equation was solved by the finite difference method to obtain the pressure distribution. The dimensionless load, flow, stiffness and damping were obtained and plotted for a range of the tilt parameter for experimentally useful aspect ratios. © 1983.

T. Jayachandra Prabhu

Natrajan Ganesan

LUBRICATION - FLUID DYNAMICS

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - Finite Difference Method

Bearings

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Effects of tilt on the characteristics of multirecess hydrostatic thrust bearings under conditions of no rotation

Wear

In this paper the theoretical analysis of tapered land aerostatic thrust bearings operating under conditions of tilt and rotation is reported. For a known bearing geometry, the radial and circumferential pressure distributions in the bearing are obtained by solving the Reynolds equation using a finite difference numerical technique. The effects of various design and operational parameters, such as the taper, size of pad, supply pressure, tilt angle and speed of rotation, on the load-carrying capacity, stiffness and mass flow rate of the bearings are reported. © 1985.

Journal	Wear
ISSN	00431648
Open Access	No