Prediction of the stability of air thrust bearings by numerical, analytical and experimental methods

Wear

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Fourka, Mohamed ^a,b   Tian, Yong ^b   Bonis, Marc ^b  

^a ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Air bearing; Finite element method; Non linear analysis; Stability

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STABILITY; THIN FILMS;

AIR THRUST BEARINGS; LINEAR ANALYSIS; LUBRICATING THIN FILMS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

THRUST BEARINGS;

BEARINGS-AIR; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0030267195     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1648(95)06782-5     Document Type: Article

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