Abstract: It is shown that a squeeze-film journal bearing supporting a mass completely contained within the bearing can be designed with the optimum value of minimum clearance by proper selection of the ...

Abstract: The asymptotic gas film equation for the squeeze-film journal bearing is solved for the quadratic and cubic terms in the series expansion in terms of the radial displacement. The load support ...

Abstract: The steady-state ph distribution and the load support capability for a squeeze-film bearing in the form of a sphere, or portions of a sphere, are given for two cases, (a) when the sphere ...

Abstract: Despite intuition, the squeeze-film bearing of finite dimensions produces much more load support per unit area than is found from a solution based on an infinite bearing. The load support is ...

Abstract: An investigation is made of the regions of stability for a compressible fluid, squeeze-film journal bearing of infinite length. Motion along one axis considered and the resulting dynamic equation ...

Abstract: An experiment is described in which the motion of the supported mass was the main contributor to the generation of the squeeze film. An analysis was performed and a computer program written ...