Stiffness and damping evaluation of air bearing sliders and new designs with high damping

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 341-347

  Zeng, Q H ^a,b   Bogy, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; MACHINE DESIGN; MODAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

SLIDE-AIR BEARINGS;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

AIR BEARING; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; SLIDING BEARING;

EID: 0033279684     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2833943     Document Type: Article

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