Abstract: A theoretical analysis was made of the effects of the inclusion of inertia, viscous, and turbulence terms in hydrodynamic lubrication theory is applied to a thrust bearing. The solution to the ...

Abstract: This short note presents the results from experiments performed on an artificial heart valve, in particular, the aortic valve located at the exit of the left ventricle of the heart. The valve ...

Abstract: A modified form of Reynolds equation is derived for the compressible lubrication of porous bearings. The analysis takes into account two kinds of nonadherence conditions on the sliding surfaces, ...

Abstract: Numerical solution is obtained for the case where the fluid within the lubricating film is initially at rest, however, at time zero the infinitely long slider suddenly assumes a constant ...

Abstract: The influence of varying slider temperature on the characteristics of a conical bearing with constant film thickness rotating with a uniform angular velocity is examined. The fluid is considered ...

Abstract: An analysis has been made of the characteristics of externally pressurized central recess conical bearings with nonconstant film thickness under the assumption of isothermal laminar flow of a ...

Abstract: The laminar flow characteristics of the externally pressurized central recess conical bearings with narrow gaps, predicted theoretically in Part I of this paper, have been verified experimentally. ...

Abstract: An operating tilting-pad thrust bearing generates a fore-region which is responsible for maintaining, at the bearing entrance, a pressure which is higher than the ambient pressure. This entrance ...

Abstract: The effect of the aortic arch atherosclerotic formations on blood mass flow distribution is determined experimentally on the aortic arch model, derived from x-ray traces, for the average values ...