Research Article

On the Instability Threshold of Journal Bearing Supported Rotors

Figure 3

Equivalent coefficients of stiffness for the journal bearings: (a) bearing 1 in configuration A; (b) bearing 2 in configuration A; (c) bearing 1 in configuration B; (d) bearing 2 in configuration B.
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(d)