FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF NON-CIRCULAR HYDRODYNAMIC BEARINGS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Prof. Dept. of Mech. Design,Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

2 Lt. Colonel, Egyptian Army.

Abstract

The paper presents the results of a finite element analysis of non circular bearings, such as displaced, half lemon, and spiral bearings. A number of bearing characteristics are discussed and some geometrical and operational parameters are concluded.