The conlbined influence of surface roughness and journal misof surface roughness parameter (A) and surface pattern paramealignnlent on the performance of an orifice contpensated holeter ( y ) for a concentric design pressure ratio /3* = 0.5. entry hybrid journal bearing system is tl~eoretically studied. The Performance is also compared to capillary and corlstant flow analysis considers the average Reynolds equation for a rough valve conlpensated bearings. The conlputed results indicate tltat srttface for the sol~ttion of the lubricant flow field in the clearance the effect ofjournal misalignment is to lower the value of the minspace of a journal hearing system. The bearing performance imum fluid-film thickness of the journal hearing system wltile the characteristics are presented for the various representative values effect of surface roughness is to partially conlpensate this loss. For the chosen values of journal misalignnlent paranteters (q~, 6), Presented at the 57th Annual Meetina tlte constant flow valve compensated syntnletric jorcrnal hearing -in Houston, Texas configuration witlz longitudinal rorcgltness pattern ( y = 6 ) shows May 2002 an improvement of around 20% in the value of stability threshold Final manuscript approved June 8,2002 Review led by Greg Kostrzewsky speed margin. = bearing land width, (a,lL) = radial clearance, bearing length = damping coefficient, Cij(c3/pR;) = stiffness coefficients, Sij(c/p,R3) (i, j = x, z,cp, 6 ) = local fluid-film thickness = nominal fluid-film thickness, (hlc) = average fluid-film thickness, (hJc) = pressure, pip,< = time, ( C~~, /~R ; ) = variance ratio, ((9. U,)/U)~ = external load, (Wo/p,Rj2) = combined roughness height, (zJ + zb)/c =journal rotational speed, threshold speed; = 0.5 correlation lengths of the x and y profile = RMS value of combined roughness = restrictor design parameter = & ( T T : / S C~~~) for capillary restrictor = +(3Td~l~~d/~3)(2/pp8)1'2 for orifice restrictor = Q, a specified value of flow for constant flow valve restrictor = coefficient of discharge for orifice = (XIR,), circumferential coordinate = (YIR,), axial coordinate =LID, aspect ratio = misalignment parameters = 2 /~ Jt exp( -y2)dy error function = speed parameter, W J (pR;/c2p,) = surface pattern parameter, (&,5rjAD,Sy) = surface roughness parameter, c / o Suesc~tprs AND SUPERSCRIPTS b = bearing J =journal S = supply -= non-dimensional parameter = first derivative w.r.t time