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Figure 3.9 Preloaded pad. (RMT,
Wellsville, N.Y.)
pads may cause babbitt damage near the leading-edge corners, as illus-
trated in Fig. 3.10.
Another powerful design parameter available to the tilting-pad bear-
ing designer is pad axial length. In many steam turbine applications,
increasing pad axial length increases effective damping by increasing
Figure 3.10 Pad flutter damage. (RMT, Wellsville, N.Y.)
