An application of newton’s method to the lubrication analysis of air-lubricated bearings

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 419-424

  Wang, Nenzi ^a   Chang, Chinyuan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air bearings; Gas bearings; Gas lubrication

Indexed keywords

AIR LUBRICATION; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BEARING CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; LUBRICANTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

AIR FILM PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; AIR LUBRICATED BEARINGS; GAS LUBRICATION; LUBRICATION ANALYSIS; MASS FLOW; RELAXATION FACTOR; REYNOLDS EQUATION;

JOURNAL BEARINGS;

AIR BEARING; COMPUTER MODELING; GAS BEARING;

EID: 0032840282     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009908982237     Document Type: Article

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