Scaling laws for ultra-short hydrostatic gas journal bearings

Journal of Vibration and Acoustics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-261

  Spakovszky, Z S ^a   Liu, L X ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS; SPEED; STABILITY; STIFFNESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DAMPING RATIO; HYDROSTATIC STIFFNESS; ULTRA SHORT HYDROSTATIC GAS JOURNAL BEARINGS;

JOURNAL BEARINGS;

EID: 22944455531     PISSN: 10489002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1897739     Document Type: Article

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