Split Halves
In a split halves journal bearing, the bearing surface consists of two separate circular halves that are offset by a distance 2
d
in the local
y
direction. A sketch of such a bearing is shown in
Figure 7-11
:
Figure 7-11:
Split halves journal bearing.
The initial film thickness for the split halves bearing is given by:
C
is the difference between the radius of the bushing and the journal, and
d
is the distance by which the center of the upper and lower halves are offset from the journal center.
