...Nguyen LaTray; Daejong Kim; Myongsok Song This work presents a novel design of a hydrostatic thrust foil bearing (HSTFB), with an outer diameter of 154 mm, along with simulation and test results up to a specific load capacity of 223 kPa (32.3 psi). This bearing has high load capacity, low power...

... foil bearing (HAFB), which combines the benefits of AFB and hydrostatic air bearing, was introduced earlier by the authors, and the experimental studies showed much larger load capacity at low speeds and much lesser friction torque during start/stop than hydrodynamic counterpart. The benefit of HAFB...

... with hydrostatic lift was introduced previously by one of the authors of this paper. Their studies show that HAFB has superior performance compared to its hydrodynamic counterpart in load capacity and cooling performance. In this article, the bearing stiffness and damping coefficients of HAFB are calculated using...