FIVE-AXIAL GROOVE CYLINDRICAL JOURNAL BEARING WITH PRESSURE DAMS FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL ROTATION

摘要

A five-axial groove cylindrical journal bearing assembly with pressure dams designed for bi-directional rotation for rotatably supporting a rotating body provided with a babbitted inner surface. The journal bearing assembly has two pressure dams that are substantially mirror images of each other along a centerline between the pressure dams and has two pressure dams each located substantially opposite the direction of two vector loads of the journal bearing assembly.