Engineering Optimum Design of Fluid-Film Lubricated Bearings

• Published in: Tribology transactions Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 377 - 386
• Main Authors: Wang, Nenzi, Ho, Chang-Li, Cha, Kuo-Chiang
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Colchester Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2000; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Inc
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Fluid Film Bearings; Friction, wear, lubrication; Machine components; Mechanical engineering. Machine design; Optimization; Slider Bearings; Carrying capacity; Optimization method; Multiobjective programming; Bearing(mechanics); Elliptical configuration; Non linear programming; Optimization; Optimal design; Load capacity; Automatic generation; Plain bearing; Lubrication; Mesh generation; Tribology

This study presents an engineering approach for optimizing performance of fluid-film lubricated bearings. Unconstrained nonlinear programming methods, lattice search and simplex method, were used as the optimization schemes to improve the merit of studied bearings with two or more design variables....