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Reversible and irreversible heavy loaded thrust bearings of a hydrogenerator are
investigated. The problem of oil wedge microgeometry profiling for load capacity optimization
is considered. The analysis is based on optimization methods using variational calculus. The
results of oil wedge microgeometry optimization for reversible and irreversible thrust bearings
are presented.
Keywords: hydrogenerator, load capacity, optimization, thrust bearing. |
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