Static and dynamic characterization of a bump-type foil bearing structure

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-83

  Le Lez, Sébastien ^a   Arghir, Mihai ^a   Frene, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Coulomb damping; Dry friction; Finite element analysis; Gas foil bearing; Structural stiffness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

COLOUMB FRICTION; DRY FRICTION; GAS FOIL BEARING; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS;

FOIL BEARINGS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOIL BEARINGS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 34248366573     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2390717     Document Type: Article

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