TY - GEN AU - Mohamed Salem Ismail Raafat AU - Aly Elshafei , AU - Sayed Mohamed Metwalli , TI - Nonlinear effects in fluid film bearings / PY - 2008/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Salem Ismail Raafat , KW - Fluid film KW - Journal bearing KW - Oil whirl N1 - Thesis(M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Mechanical Design and Production; Issued also as CD N2 - Rotating machinery supported on hydrodynamic fluid film bearings are usually prone to very high vibration levels due to the oil whirl / oil whip instability phenomena. This often limits the use of such bearings - despite their high load carrying capacity and excellent damping characteristies - in some applications , or at least places nuwelcome restrictions on the operating speeds of the machinery UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -