Abstract: In this paper, an efficient and accurate numerical procedure to determine the thermo-hydrodynamic performance of cavitating bearings is described. This procedure is based on the earlier development ...

Abstract: Variations in viscosity within the film is known to have a pronounced effect on journal bearing performance. Lubricants of the same grade with the same viscosity at a particular temperature ...

Abstract: An existing cavitation algorithm (a numerical procedure that automatically predicts film rupture and reformation in bearings) is modified in this paper. Second order upwinding is used to difference ...

Abstract: The effect of journal misalignment on the predicted performance of a finite grooved journal bearing is analyzed in this paper. The numerical procedure used incorporates a cavitation algorithm, ...

Abstract: In this paper, an implicit numerical scheme, based on an approximate factorization technique, is applied to a cavitation algorithm. The algorithm is a modified version of the Elrod cavitation ...

Abstract: In this paper, stability of a journal bearing is numerically predicted when an unidirectional periodic external load is applied. The analysis is performed using a cavitation algorithm, which ...

Abstract: In this paper, an analogy between the mathematical modeling of transonic potential flow and the flow in a cavitating bearing is described. Based on the similarities, characteristics of the ...