In Part 1, a computational method was described for predicting the performance of pivoted pad thrust bearings. In this second part, computed results are compared with experimental data. Three test cases are considered, which cover the range of bearing sizes normally encountered in practice, from a 150 mm diameter laboratory scale experiment through the main propulsion thrust bearings of a destroyer to a 3 m diameter bearing. Generally good agreement is obtainedfor both temperatures andfilm thicknesses.
A computational method is described for predicting the performance of pivoted pad thrust bearings. The model used allows for heat generation and transfa in the oil firm and also heat conduction in the pad and other solid parts of the bearing. Pad dejections due to both temperature variations and oil film pressures are calculated, and an overall solution procedure developed which allows all of these effects to interact. As C D E f h I i k k r L m M MT n n P 4 r Re T U 1
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