Application of foil bearings to turbo machinery including vertical operation

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 1, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Walton, James F ^a   Heshmat, Hooshang ^a  

^a MOHAWK INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; CRYOGENICS; ENGINES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS TURBINES; HYDRODYNAMICS; JOURNAL BEARINGS; MACHINERY; MARINE ENGINES;

AIRCRAFT GAS TURBINE ENGINES; COMPLIANT JOURNAL BEARINGS; COMPLIANT SURFACES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC BEARINGS; MODES OF OPERATION; SPACE CONSTRAINTS; VIBRATIONAL AMPLITUDES;

FOIL BEARINGS;

EID: 84928554471     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/99-GT-391     Document Type: Conference Paper

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