Solution of the Tapered-Land Sector Thrust Bearing

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Reynolds’ equation in polar co-ordinates was solved on a digital computer for the actual sectorial geometry of finite thrust bearings. The oil-film shape is that of a uniform taper in the circumferential direction. Minimum film thickness, side and end leakage, power loss, and centroids are given in general dimensionless form as functions of a dimensionless group (μN/P) (L/b)2. A wide range of bearing parameters is covered and solutions are given for very heavy unit loadings. A short discussion is included on how to perform thrust bearing calculations using the results and expressions derived in the paper.

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