Tilting pad thrust bearings are the key components in hydropower units. As the thrust loads
increase with the unit capacities of the hydro turbines, many thrust bearings failed due to rub …

On maritime vessels, external factors such as explosions, collisions, and grounding can
cause the emulsification of lubricating oil by seawater pollution, which can affect the …

A research facility has been designed and manufactured to study performance
characteristics of industrial hydrodynamic thrust bearings. The facility includes a test rig …

Tilting pad thrust bearings (TPTBs) control rotor axial placement in rotating machinery, and
their main advantages include low drag power loss, simple installation, and low-cost …

The axial vibration in turbine machine has attracted more and more interest. Tilting-pad
thrust bearings are widely used in turbine machines to support the axial load. The dynamic …

A three-dimensional thermo-elasto-hydro-dynamic model for bidirectional thrust bearings
used in pump-turbines taking into account the temperature-viscosity effect as well as thermal …

Tilting pad thrust bearings are a key component of marine propulsion shaft systems. The
dynamic performance of thrust bearings has a significant influence on the propeller …

Wet clutches are frequently used in the drive trains of many modern vehicles. The behaviour
of the clutches influences the behaviour of the whole drive train and therefore of the whole …

While failure analyses in the archival literature report thrust collar misalignment as a major
cause of collapse in oil lubricated thrust bearings (TB), a self-equalizing tilting pad thrust …

Thrust bearing surface defects directly affect the safe use of the nuclear main pump. Based
on the actual defective pads of nuclear power plant, the Fluid-solid iteration (FSI) technique …