High-speed operation of a gas-bearing supported mems air turbine

Proceedings of STLE/ASME International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Teo, C J ^a   Liu, L X ^a   Li, H Q ^a   Ho, L C ^a   Jacobson, S A ^a   Ehrich, F F ^a   Epstein, A H ^a   Spakovszky, Z S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSED AIR MOTORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ROTATING MACHINERY; ROTORS; SILICON; STIFFNESS;

BEARING GEOMETRY; BEARING LOSSES; GAS BEARINGS; TRANSCRITICAL OPERATIONS;

THRUST BEARINGS;

EID: 33751284590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ijtc2006-12173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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