Steady-state stiffness of foil air journal bearings at elevated temperatures

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 489-493

  Howard, Samuel A ^a   Dellacorte, Christopher ^a   Valco, Mark J ^a,b   Prahl, Joseph M ^c   Heshmat, Hooshang ^d  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^d MOHAWK INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid film compliant bearings; Foil bearings; Gas bearings; Turbomachinery

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; FOIL BEARINGS; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBOMACHINERY;

HIGH SPEED TURBOMACHINERY;

JOURNAL BEARINGS;

AIR BEARING; FOIL BEARING; JOURNAL BEARING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBOMACHINERY;

EID: 0034757798     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000108982486     Document Type: Article

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