A fast and accurate model to calculate the fluid-film forces of a fluid-film bearing with the Reynolds boundary condition is presented in the paper by using the free boundary theory and the variational method. The model is applied to the nonlinear dynamical behavior analysis of a rigid rotor in the elliptical bearing support. Both balanced and unbalanced rotors are taken into consideration. Numerical simulations show that the balanced rotor undergoes a supercritical Hopf bifurcation as the rotor spin speed increases. The investigation of the unbalanced rotor indicates that the motion can be a synchronous motion, subharmonic motion, quasi-period motion, or chaotic motion at different rotor spin speeds. These nonlinear phenomena are investigated in detail. Poincaré maps, bifurcation diagram and frequency spectra are utilized as diagnostic tools.
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