“…The existing literature reveals that the dynamic problems of rotor-bearing systems are solved by the step-by-step integration process [1], transfer matrix method (TMM) [2], analytical method [3][4][5], assumed mode method [6], hybrid method [7], frequency-dependent TMM [8] or the finite element method (FEM) [9,10]. Besides, Yamamoto and Ishida [11] have introduced the applications of the analytical methods, the TMM and FEM, to the linear and nonlinear dynamics of multidisk rotor-bearing systems.…”