Frequency Dependent Dynamic Properties of Tilting Pad Journal Bearings: Experimental Results and Uncertainty Analysis

The paper presents experimentally obtained TPJB response to multifrequency excitation and its comparison with theoretically obtained data. Uncertainty considerations for the results obtained using the power spectral density method are also presented. It has been concluded that inertia forces and pivot flexibility effects are behind the variations of dynamic coefficients with frequency of excitation.Copyright © 2005 by National Research Council of Canada