Helicoidal relief for a plain bearing journal

✍ Scribed by E.V.L. Hughes

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1969
• Weight: 101 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0041-2678
• DOI: 10.1016/s0041-2678(69)80244-7

✦ Synopsis

Hydrodynamic journal bearings, while being particularly well suited to operating at high speeds, have limitations imposed by the heat generated in the lubricating oil film and vibrations induced by oil whirl.