SEMINAR SCHEDULE

RBTS Seminar: Day 1


8:00 a.m.	Registration/Coffee
8:30 a.m.	Introduction and Overview
8:45 a.m.	Rolling Element Bearings Fundamentals Application Design Systems Evaluation Computer-Aided Design
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	COBRA Software (Computer Optimization of Ball and Roller Bearing Applications) Description Demonstration Angular Contact Ball Cylindrical Roller Tapered Roller Spherical Roller
3:00 p.m.	Rolling Element Bearings Workshop Distribution of COBRA Hands-On operation by participants Solution of participants' systems

RBTS Seminar: Day 2


8:00 a.m.	Fluid-Film Bearings Fundamentals Application Design Systems Evaluation Computer-Aided Design Lubricant Program Demo.
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Fluid-Film Bearings Types and Applications Journal Thrust Conical Fixed & Tilting Pad Bearings Hydrodynamic Hydrostatic Hybrid
3:00 p.m.	Fluid-Film Bearings Workshop JURNBR Software Demo Distribution & Hands-On Operation of JURNBR Solutions of Participants Systems
6:30 p.m.	Evening Dinner Banquet Banquet followed by a guest speaker or a tour of a local machine manufacturing facility.

RBTS Seminar: Day 3


8:00 a.m.	Rotor Dynamics and Torsional Vibration Introduction & Application Basics of Rotor Dynamics Modeling: Shafts, Disks, Bearings, Housing, etc. Analysis: Damped and Undamped Rotor Stability, Natural Frequencies, Mode Shapes, and Response
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Rotor Dynamics Case Histories Step-by-step rotor-bearing system modeling, analysis, and problem solution. Bearing interaction with the rotating assembly, oil-whirl phenomena, rotor-bearing response, and stability illustrations. Torsional modeling and analysis of mechanical drive trains.
3:00 p.m.	Rotor Dynamics & Torsional Vibration Workshop ROTLAT Software Demo Distribution & Hands-On Operation of ROTLAT Solutions of Participants' Systems

Last modified: 06-26-08