Three-dimensional direct simulation Monte Carlo method for slider air bearings

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1764-1769

  Huang, Weidong ^a   Bogy, David B ^a   Garcia, Alejandro L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS-AIR; LUBRICATION-GAS; SIMULATION-MONTE CARLO;

EID: 0030886684     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869293     Document Type: Article

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