This study deals with the stability characteristics of journal bearings using the finite element method. Two different elements, a 3-node linear triangle and a 6-node quadratic triangle, have been used. The results show a significant difference in (]) stiffness and damping coefficients and (2) stability characteristics at high eccentricity ratios due to the use of the two different elements. © 1998 by ASME.

A. Seshadri Sekhar

Department of Mechanical Engineering

R. Turaga

B.C. Majumdar

Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad&nbsp;(IIT Palakkad or IIT PKD) is a public autonomous&nbsp;engineering&nbsp;and&nbsp;research&nbsp;institute located in&nbsp;Palakkad,&nbsp;Kerala. It was&nbsp;one of the five new&nbsp;IITs&nbsp;proposed in the&nbsp;2014 Union budget of India. The campus was inaugurated on 3 August 2015. The institute has 94 faculty, 978 students, and 63 non-teaching staffs.

IT Palakkad currently offers four-year Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) and two years MS programmes in 8 different engineering disciplines including&nbsp;Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil among others.

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Journal	Journal of Tribology
ISSN	07424787