DOI: 10.1115/1.4058414 ISSN: 0097-6822
Charts for Studying the Oil Film in Bearings
George B. KarelitzAbstract
It has been shown several times that the hydrodynamical theory of lubrication satisfactorily explains the mechanism of lubrication. Since the necessary calculations are very complicated, the practical application of the theory, up to the present time, has been very difficult. The charts presented in the paper give the designer or investigator a means of determining with sufficient accuracy the shape and pressures in the oil film for bearings under different conditions.