Asymptotic Estimation of the Fluid Film Pressure in non-Metallic Water-Lubricated Staved Stern Tube Bearings

Anatoliy Serdjuchenko, Aleksandr Ursolov, Yuriy Batrak Intellectual Maritime Technologies, Buznika 5, room 15, Mykolaiv, Ukraine 54010 Corresponding author. E-mail address: aleksandr.ursolov@shaftdesigner.software (Ursolov A.) Abstract An analytical approach based on the asymptotic technique is applied to estimate hydrodynamic pressure in lubrication film of water-lubricated stave bearings with length/diameter ratio L/D>1. Circular staves and flat staves with …