摘要：The paper details fundamental progress on the analysis of tilting pad journal bearings that includes both pivot flexibility and pad surface deformation due to pressure and pad crowning due to thermal effects.The work introduces a novel model for the mixing of flow and thermal energy at a lubricant feed port that sets the temperature of the lubricant entering a pad leading edge.Precise estimation of this temperature,the inlet oil viscosity,and the flow rate entering a pad largely determines the temperature rise along the pad lubricated surface as well as the drag power loss,and ultimately the bearing load capacity.The model predictions are validated against bearing test data applicable to a compressor.The paper delivers recommendations for a novel feed port efficiency parameter that represents various types of oil supply configurations.Importantly enough,and as is done in actual practice,the model allows the specification of the delivery flow date into the bearing rather than a supply pressure.