The Stepped Thrust Bearing—A Solution by Relaxation Methods

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Analytical investigation into the stepped thrust bearing was first carried out by Lord Rayleigh, whose solution neglected side leakage. More recently Archibald has presented a solution with side leakage not neglected but limited by the step being straight across the bearing surface perpendicular to the direction of motion. This paper gives an alternative solution, using relaxation methods, which is applicable to any shape of the step. Results show that the load capacity of the completely internal step is much greater than that for the simple tilting slider.

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