Modeling and experimental investigation of micro-hydrostatic gas thrust bearings for micro-turbomachines

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 597-605

  Teo, C J ^a   Spakovszky, Z S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; JOURNAL BEARINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATING MACHINERY; THRUST BEARINGS; TURBOMACHINERY;

HYDROSTATIC SUPPLY PRESSURE; MICRO-HYDROSTATIC GAS THRUST BEARINGS; MICRO-TURBOMACHINE;

HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATING MACHINERY; THRUST BEARINGS; TURBOMACHINERY;

EID: 33750687906     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2219760     Document Type: Article

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