Paper IV(iii) Tilting pad thrust bearing tests – Influence of three design variables

The purpose of this paper is to report the results of an extensive series of tests on a special tilting pad thrust bearing. The primary interest was to determine the effects on bearing performance of using circumferential pivot locations outside the normal range of 50 to 60% of the pad arc, from the leading edge. Secondary results were also obtained from tests with pad support disks of various diameters, and with pads of different thicknesses.