Experimental Investigation of Misaligning Couples and Eccentricity at Ends of Misaligned Plain Bearings

Note presenting an experimental investigation to study the behavior of full journal bearings under steady load when acted upon by a steady misaligning couple. Displacements of the ends of the journal axis relative to the bearing axis were measured with either an axial couple applied in the plane of the central load or a twisting couple in the plane normal to the central load. Results regarding the phenomena at zero central load, misaligned attitude, Sommerfeld number and capacity number, load ratio, and couple variable are provided.