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🛢️ Journal Bearing: Oil Wedge, Sommerfeld Number, Attitude Angle and Oil Whirl

2D Canvas journal bearing: short-bearing Reynolds film, eccentricity and attitude angle, friction and temperature, Stribeck curve and oil-whirl instability with in-page numerical checks.

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Interactive journal bearing in 2D: short-bearing Reynolds film, equilibrium locus with the attitude angle, friction and film temperature, the Stribeck curve and the oil-whirl stability threshold, with four numerical checks.

Journal BearingHydrodynamic LubricationOil WhirlSommerfeld NumberReynolds Equation

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