Abstract: The influence of fluid film turbulence on the performance of centrally-pivoted tilting pad thrust bearings was analyzed. Major features of the analysis are: (1) today’s two predominant “engineering” ...

Abstract: A full scale experimental program was conducted to investigate the influence of fluid film turbulence on the performance of the tilting-pad, self-equalizing type thrust bearing. Test results ...

Abstract: A comparison of the high-speed performance characteristics of tilting-pad, self-equalizing type thrust bearings through two independent full-scale programs is reported. This paper presents experimental ...