To use the Taper Land Bearing, the Advanced Features must be checked in the input. The taper land journal bearing is commonly used in locomotive turbocharger application. The leading convergent area of the lobe is cut by a taper arc to increase the convergent area. Normally, there are dams at both sides of the taper. There are some redundant inputs in the data sheet, however, these are entered as reference. For undercut, arc length, arc radius, and arc center offset, there are only two variables are needed. Click TOOLS to get other variables when only two variables are known.
See also Coordinate Systems, Fixed Lobe Bearing Geometry, and Examples.
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