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... Email: jurg.schiffmann@epfl.ch Contributed by the Tribology Division of ASME for publication in the J ournal of T ribology . 04 07 2019 19 11 2019 23 11 2019 06 12 2019 aerodynamic lubrication gas bearings numerical methods In a broad field of energy...

... Corresponding author. Contributed by the Tribology Division of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL OF T RIBOLOGY . Manuscript received July 3, 2017; final manuscript received December 24, 2017; published online January 31, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Stephen Boedo. 03 07 2017 24 12 2017 Gas...

... Palazzolo. 30 10 2016 24 05 2017 Gas bearings Air bearings Aerostatic bearing has been widely used in precision machine due to its favorable characteristics as low friction, high accuracy, wide speed range, and wide temperature range. An aerostatic porous bearing is made...

..., 2017 , http://www.solidworks.fr/sw/products/simulation/flow-simulation.htm [9] Arghir , M. , Le Lez , S. , and Frêne , J. , 2006 , “ Finite Volume Solution of the Compressible Reynolds Equation—Linear and Non Linear Analysis of Gas Bearings ,” Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng., Part J , 220...

... landmark papers published by NASA scientists, detailing the design and manufacturing of foil journal bearings (FJB) [ 1 ] and FTBs [ 2 ] recently boosted the prominence of this technology. Gas bearings Air bearings Thrust bearings This paper deals with the experimental analysis...

... analysis of a rough surface gas-bearing over a wide range of Knudsen numbers that considered both stationary and moving roughness. The analysis was based on a linearized form of the lubrication equation and was restricted to bearings with nominally parallel surfaces. Recently, the author reported [ 27...

...., Refs. 14 15 16 17 18 19 . Experimental determination of rubber O-ring properties is shown in Ref. 17 together with a comparison between the theoretical and experimental stability thresholds of the gas bearing system. Works of Refs. 18 and 19 provide data on the ranges of stiffness...

... cost and lack of calibrated predictive tools deter their application to mass-produced oil-free turbochargers, for example. The present investigation advances the analysis and experimental validation of hybrid gas bearings with static and dynamic force characteristics desirable in high-speed...