Title

Effect of lubricant compressibility and variable viscosity on the performance of three-lobe journal bearing

Journal title

Archive of Mechanical Engineering

Yearbook

2022

Volume

vol. 69

Issue

No 2

Authors

Mahdi, Mushrek A. ; Abbas, Basim Ajeel

Affiliation

Mahdi, Mushrek A. : University of Babylon, College of Engineering/Al-Musayab, Automobile Engineering Department, Babylon, Iraq ; Abbas, Basim Ajeel : University of Babylon, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, Babylon, Iraq

Keywords

hydrodynamic lubrication ; journal bearings ; compressibility effect ; variable viscosity

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

203-219

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Machine Building

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Date

31.03.2022

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/ame.2022.140412