Computation of pressurized gas bearings using the CE/SE method

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 128-133

  Cioc, Sorin ^a   Dimofte, Florin ^a   Keith Jr , Theo G ^a   Fleming, David P ^b  

^a Toledo   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearings; Flow rate; Gas; Hydrostatic lubrication

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; COMPUTATION THEORY; FEEDING; FLOW CONTROL; JOURNAL BEARINGS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURIZATION; THIN FILMS; VISCOUS FLOW;

FEEDING SYSTEMS; CONSERVATION ELEMENT (CE) METHOD; HYBRID GAS JOURNAL BEARING; PRESSURIZED GAS BEARINGS; SOLUTION ELEMENT (SE) METHODS;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; FLUID FILM; GAS BEARING; HYDROSTATIC LUBRICATION; JOURNAL BEARING; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 0141787158     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000308982609     Document Type: Article

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