Accession Number:

AD0610513

Title:

FOIL BEARINGS, THEIR GENERAL BEHAVIOR WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE EXTERNALLY PRESSURIZED BEARING,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AMPEX CORP REDWOOD CITY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Wildmann,M.

Report Date:

1964-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

39.0

Abstract:

The equations describing the behavior of foil bearings are set forth. Linearized solutions to these equations are obtained. These solutions are used to examine the effects of foil stiffness and lubricant compressibility. Finally, the behavior of a foil of finite stiffness in the vicinity of a pressurizing groove is analyzed in detail, and the results of this analysis are used to design externally pressurized foil bearings. Author

Descriptors:

• *FOILS(MATERIALS)
• FOILS(MATERIALS)
• GAS BEARINGS
• LUBRICANTS
• COMPRESSIBLE FLOW
• FILMS
• PRESSURE
• NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• EQUATIONS
• ELASTIC PROPERTIES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE