A hybrid search algorithm for porous air bearings optimization

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 471-477

  Wang, Nenzi ^a   Chang, Yau Zen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air bearings; Optimization; Porous bearings

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); NUMERICAL METHODS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

AIR BEARINGS; DARCY'S LAW; POROUS BEARINGS; REYNOLDS EQUATION;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); TRIBOLOGY;

SIMPLEX METHOD (SM);

AIR BEARING; ALGORITHM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROUS BEARING;

EID: 0036811302     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000208982576     Document Type: Article

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