Effects of Texture Bottom Profile on Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Journal Bearings

Table 2

Model validation of static performance characteristics of smooth/textured journal bearing (, , , and ).

Performance parameters	Results of Tala-Ighil et al. [12]			Present study
Eccentricity ratio,	Smooth; 0.601	Partially textured; 0.595	Fully textured; 0.709	Smooth; 0.601	Partially textured; 0.595	Fully textured; 0.709
Load-carrying capacity,	2.624	2.624	2.624	2.618	2.616	2.629
Minimum film thickness,	0.399	0.405	0.291	0.399	0.405	0.291
Maximum pressure,	1.594	1.568	1.708	1.590	1.561	1.701
Leakage flow rate,	0.467	0.464	0.381	0.466	0.460	0.378
Attitude angle, ()	50.5	49.3	46.1	50.396	49.108	45.998