On the numerical modeling of high-speed hydrodynamic gas bearings

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 124-130

  Faria, Marco Tulio C ^a   San Andrés, Luis ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; THIN FILMS;

FORCE COEFFICIENTS; GAS FILM BEARINGS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; STIFFNESS COEFFICIENTS;

GAS LUBRICATED BEARINGS;

GAS BEARING; HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0033627412     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.555335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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