Squeeze film dampers (SFD) are used to reduce dynamical loads in rotating machinery or toimprove their performances in numerous industrial applications. The present paperconsiders the response of a dual shaft system with a SFD mounted on one of its bearings.The study is concerned with the overall system’s dynamics in presence of a sealed SFDbearing with a lateral feeding groove and more specifically with the characterization ofsuch damper in operational conditions. The design characteristics of the SFD are based onthe linear approximation and the optimization w.r.t. sensitivity of appropriate eigenmodesof a numerical model of the dual shaft test rig. In order to gain more insight into theSFD operation, the experimental kinematic and pressure measurements data are processedwithin a numerical model of the fluid film using the short bearing approximation of theReynolds equation and taking into account the flow into the groove. The work holds for lowReynolds number and completely sealed SFD were vapour cavitation is completely absent.

Free vibration analysis of rotating composite laminated conical shells with different boundary conditions using the generalized differential quadrature method (GDQM), is investigated. Equations of motion are derived based on Love's first approximation theory by taking the effects of initial hoop tension and the centrifugal and Coriolis acceleration due to rotation and initial uniform pressure load into account. Then, the equations of motion as well as the boundary condition equations are transformed into a set of algebraic equation applying the GDQM. The results are obtained for the frequency characteristics of different orthotropic parameters, rotating velocities, cone angles and boundary conditions. The presented results are compared with those available in the literature and good agreements are achieved.

This article paper the influence of rails inclination on the behaviour of a railway vehicle in circulation on a curve and on alignment. A comparative study is performed the behaviour of a vehicle which circulates on rails without inclination and another circulating on inclined on rails. This study shows the interest on the inclined rails. The effects of the transverse and longitudinal stiffness of the primary suspension, the angle of inclination rail and the equivalent conicity of the wheels are considered to evaluate the vehicle's behaviour in curve and transverse stability. The simulation of the vehicle moving in curve with inclined rails shows that the transverse displacement of this vehicle decreases if the inclination of the rails increases. Moreover, the stability of a wheelset which circulates on inclined rails is comparable to the stability of a wheelset which circulates on the rail without inclination, and then the stability of the vehicle is preserved.