Simulations of air slider bearings with realistic gas-surface scattering

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 639-641

  Wenski, T E ^a   Olson, T ^b   Rettner, C T ^c   Garcia, Alejandro L ^d,e  

^a JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO MODELING; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SLIDING BEARING;

EID: 0031761858     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2834599     Document Type: Article

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