An efficient finite element-based air bearing simulator for pivoted slider bearings using bi-conjugate gradient algorithms

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 130-138

  Wahl, Michael H ^a   Lee, Patrick R ^a   Talke, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air bearings; Hydrodynamic lubrication; Magnetic data storage systems tribology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM PERFORMANCE; CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; CONVERGENCE; HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS LUBRICATED BEARINGS; SIMULATION; TRIBOLOGY; ALGORITHMS; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; GEOMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

MAGNETIC RECORDING; AIR LUBRICATION;

AIR BEARING SIMULATOR; AIR BEARINGS; BICONJUGATE GRADIENT ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; NONSYMMETRIC EQUATION SYSTEMS; PIVOTED SLIDER BEARINGS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SLIDER CONTOURS; SPARSE MATRIX STORAGE;

BEARINGS-AIR; BEARINGS-SLIDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SIMULATION;

EID: 0029657327     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009608983512     Document Type: Article

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