Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 273
esa small clearance at the top and sides of the bearing, as illus-trated in Fig. 161, which is somewhat exaggerated in order toshow the clearance more plainly. The clearance at the sides ofthe bearing permits the oil to be drawn in between the journaland bearing and thus form a film between them.… … Fig. 161. center of the top it is necessary to provide diagonal oil grooves inthe bearing surface so that the oil may be spread to all parts of it.There will always be some friction, even with a well-lubricatedbearing in which a film of oil is maintained, but in this case thefriction is largely a…
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