Yeah, unfortunately none is useful (I went on until the 32nd page, then I gave up), I already tried it together with various mixes of "Merker", "bearing", "journal bearing", "tilting-pads" etc.
However, for those who might be interested (? maybe no-one...)I found Merker's dissertation on the calculation of plain and tilting-pads radial bearings: it's in VDI Reihe 11 Nummer 33 (Aug. 1980).
Only in German...