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In this paper, a full-size, large length-to-diameter ratio WSB experiment is carried out, and multi-sectional journal displacement data are collected under offset load. Accordingly, a bearing film-thickness identification model is established, which can identify the dynamic film thickness data in the circumferential direction of bearing section by limited measurement points. On this basis, the film thickness distribution of the full bearing is obtained by combining finite element (FE) simulation and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. The effect of different speeds on the distributed lubrication characteristics of WSB under offset load was systematically analyzed based on film thickness data. Results show that the maximum identification error of the bearing film-thickness identification model is less than 7%. The bearing lubrication state changes dynamically as the speed increases, and the hydrodynamic lubrication effect in the middle of the bearing is enhanced. The area of each lubrication sub-region varies nonlinearly. Research results are instructive for further determine the service life of the shaft system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22103670","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,12]],"date-time":"2022-05-12T23:08:36Z","timestamp":1652396916000},"page":"3670","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Film-Thickness Identification Method and Lubrication Characteristic Experiment of Full-Size Water-Lubricated Stern Bearing under Offset Load"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Jinjun","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}]},{"given":"Wu","family":"Ouyang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"},{"name":"Reliability Engineering Institute, National Engineering Research Center for Water Transport Safety, Wuhan 430063, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1281-3733","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Qilin","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}]},{"given":"Zhuo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"},{"name":"Reliability Engineering Institute, National Engineering Research Center for Water Transport Safety, Wuhan 430063, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"105363","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijmecsci.2019.105363","article-title":"Simulation and experiment on lateral vibration transmission control of a shafting system with active stern support","volume":"170","author":"Xie","year":"2020","journal-title":"Int. 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