The effect of journal roughness and foil coatings on the performance of heavily loaded foil air bearings

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-204

  Radil, Kevin C ^a   Dellacorte, Christopher ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Foil air bearings; Gas bearings; Solid lubrication; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COATINGS; LUBRICATION; METAL FOIL; PLASTIC FILMS; SOLID LUBRICANTS; ALUMINA; POLYIMIDES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FOIL AIR BEARINGS; FOIL COATINGS; GAS BEARINGS; SOLID LUBRICATION;

TRIBOLOGY; FOIL BEARINGS;

AIR BEARING; JOURNAL BEARING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLID LUBRICANT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0035997297     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000208982540     Document Type: Article

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