Several procedures for designing externally pressurized journal bearings have been presented. These vary from simple approximate solutions based on the bearing stiffness in the concentric position to full relaxation programs. In this paper the authors compare the predicted performance of bearings with experimental results. In addition to the static results obtained by the authors on a typical four-pocket grinding spindle bearing, the dynamic results of Patrick and Chen are also treated.
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