文档介绍：THE ANNALS OF UNIVERSITY “DUN ?REA DE JOS “ OF GALA ? I FASCICLE VIII, 2005, ISSN 1221-4590 TRIBOLOGY 101 PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF A HYDRODYNAMIC THRUST BEARING WITH ELASTIC SLIDER Andrei MINCULESCU, Traian CICONE POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, Romania ******@ ABSTRACT The use of temperature and pressure induced deformations to generate hydrodynamic lift-off for flat and parallel surfaces is relatively new and scarcely present in literature. The present paper analyses theoretically the load carrying capacity of a typical thrust bearing with elastic pad in order to define optimal pad parameters. The study is made using the original Thrust Bearing Analysis (TBA) Software based on finite differences solution of flow and thermal equations and finite elements solution for solid structure equations. The results, presented for the equivalent slider, have primary revealed that the load carrying capacity of such a bearing parable with a similar tilting-pad bearing. The parametric analysis shows the existence of optimal dimensions for maximum load capacity . KEYWORDS : lubrication, TEHD, parallel slider, thrust bearing, design. 1. INTRODUCTION The use ponents to increase the overall performances of fluid film pairs is a modern solution, in continuous development. essful applications can be mentioned in bearings, seals or viscous couplings. I