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

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-9

  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   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TURBINE; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANISOTROPIC BEARINGS; BEARING LOSS; BEARING SURFACES; BLADE TIP; COUPLING EFFECT; DAMPING RATIO; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FABRICATION CONSTRAINTS; FABRICATION TOLERANCES; FEED SYSTEMS; GAS JOURNAL BEARINGS; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HIGH-SPEED; HIGH-SPEED OPERATION; LABYRINTH SEAL; LAMINAR FLOW REGIMES; LEAKAGE FLOW; MICRO GAS TURBINES; MICRO-BEARINGS; MICRO-GAS; MICRO-SCALES; MICRO-TURBOMACHINERY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NONUNIFORMITY; OPERATING CONDITION; OUTER PERIPHERY; PARAMETER SPACES; POWER REQUIREMENT; ROTOR SPEED; SILICON-BASED; STIFFNESS ANISOTROPY; TECHNICAL BARRIERS; TEST DEVICE; TIP SPEED; TRANSCRITICAL; TURBINE ROTOR; WHIRL INSTABILITY;

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FABRICATION; GAS TURBINES; GASES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ROTORS; SPEED; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THRUST BEARINGS; TURBOMACHINERY;

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EID: 76349102912     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3123343     Document Type: Article

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