Performance and durability of high temperature foil air bearings for oil-free turbomachinery

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 774-780

  Dellacorte, C ^a   Lukaszewicz, V ^b   Valco, M J ^a   Radil, K C ^a   Heshmat, H ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Akima Corporation   (United States)

^c MOHAWK INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearing torque; Foil air bearings; Friction; Load capcity

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; FOIL BEARINGS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LOADS (FORCES); LUBRICATION; NICKEL; PLASMA SPRAYING; SILVER;

BEARING TORQUE; LOAD CAPACITY;

TURBOMACHINERY;

AIR BEARING; FOIL BEARING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE; TURBOMACHINERY;

EID: 0034306534     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000008982407     Document Type: Article

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