Performance and durability of high temperature foil air bearings for oil-free turbomachinery

NASA Technical Memorandum

Volumn , Issue 209187, 2000, Pages

  DellaCorte, C ^a   Lukaszewicz, V ^b   Valco, M J ^a   Radil, K C ^a   Heshmat, H ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Akima Corporation   (United States)

^c MOHAWK INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

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