Unsteady flow and dynamic behavior of ultrashort Lomakin gas bearings

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Teo, C J ^a   Spakovszky, Z S ^a   Jacobson, S A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Low Reynolds number unsteady flow; Microscale hydrostatic gas bearings; Whirl instability

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; UNSTEADY FLOW;

BEARING GAP; COUETTE FLOW; LOMAKIN GAS BEARINGS; ULTRASHORT BEARINGS; WHIRL INSTABILITY;

HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS;

AXIAL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 42149182367     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2805403     Document Type: Article

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