FLUID FILM BEARINGS - Selection, Troubleshooting and Repair
of 40 psi. Comparison tests against a pivoted shoe thrust bearing of equal capacity showed: The pivoted shoe thrust bearing being only 1/4 the size, had 1/7 the area but operated successfully with only 1/10 the frictional drag of the horseshoe bearing. Thus, the hydrodynamic pivoted shoe thrust bearings provided considerable benefits.