Gas Bearings: Modelling, Design and Applications

• Other Authors: Raparelli, Terenziano (Editor), Colombo, Federico (Editor), Trivella, Andrea (Editor), Lentini, Luigi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; aerostatic spindle; fluid-structure interaction; restrictor geometrical parameters; structural dimension; optimal design; bump foil gas bearing; thermo-hydrodynamic model; temperature field; thermal characteristics analysis; foil bearing; turbo machinery; gas bearing; industrial application; air-bearing; precision positioning; tribotronics; rotation accuracy; roundness; cylindricity; dispersion coefficient; gas bearings; porous materials; rotordynamics; force coefficients; aerostatic journal bearings; porous bearing; annular-thrust bearing; numerical simulation; finite element method; dynamic coefficients; eccentricity; tilting; tilting velocity; partial arc; PCB spindles; dynamic identification; logarithmic decrement method; complex exponential method; half-power method; damping factor identification; rigid rotor; modal analysis; n/a
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book focuses on the modelling and the design process of gas bearings, on the experimental validation of such models, and on their applications. In particular, recent developments about foil bearings, aerostatic bearings, porous bearings, and non-contact precision positioning systems are shown.