I need to estimate the oil pumping effect a plain thrust bearing has due to rotational speed. Then make a qualitative comparison to a similar bearing. Both bearings use the same thrust collars on the active and inactive sides but the babbit surfaces are slightly different.
Any help...
Thanks for the insight. The device is actually a flow meter and I plan to increase the bore size to get more flow. The flow meter is about 4" long and opens up into a plenum. I was thinking of a radius say about 1/2D.
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Surely this is basic, I want to calculate the ideal bellmouth radius (and lenght?) for a 2" opening where the flow rate is about 900 cfm of air (assumed 28" H2O presure drop).
Thanks in advance,