TY - JFULL AU - B. Chetti and W. A. Crosby PY - 2016/10/ TI - EHD Effect on the Dynamic Characteristics of a Journal Bearing Lubricated with Couple Stress Fluids T2 - International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering SP - 1102 EP - 1108 VL - 10 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10005222 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 117, 2016 N2 - This paper presents a numerical analysis for the dynamic performance of a finite journal bearing lubricated with couple stress fluid taking into account the effect of the deformation of the bearing liner. The modified Reynolds equation has been solved by using finite difference technique. The dynamic characteristics in terms of stiffness coefficients, damping coefficients, critical mass and whirl ratio are evaluated for different values of eccentricity ratio and elastic coefficient for a journal bearing lubricated with a couple stress fluids and a Newtonian fluid. The results show that the dynamic characteristics of journal bearings lubricated with couple stress fluids are improved compared to journal bearings lubricated with Newtonian fluids. ER -