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Handbook of Turbomachinery Second Edition Revised - Ventech!

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thickness. In the case <strong>of</strong> a compressible fluid, subambient pressure can exist<br />

and is <strong>of</strong> the form indicated by the dashed pressure distribution in Fig. 52.<br />

The solid curve in Fig. 53 represents the actual coefficient <strong>of</strong> friction<br />

and the dashed curve represents the theoretical coefficient <strong>of</strong> friction when<br />

there is no metal-to-metal contact. At very high values <strong>of</strong> uv/p, the actual<br />

and theoretical coefficient <strong>of</strong> friction ( f ) is relatively low and decreases in<br />

Figure 53 Steam turbine operating regime versus nondimensional bearing<br />

parameter.<br />

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