FEM of Speed Effect Compensation for Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing in Continuous Hot Strip Mill

The finite element method (FEM) is used to solve the Reynlds equaion and to perform the computer numerical simulation for the calculation of oil film thickness and the evaluation of the parameters and loading capacity of the oil film bearing considered under different rolling conditions. The forecasted film thickness from the computation and the gauge control graph are close co-related to the practical status.