STIFFNESS EFFECTS ON THE INFINITELY WIDE FOIL BEARING.

Abstract

Numerical solutions are presented for the film thickness of the infinitely wide, self-acting foil bearing for various values of tape stiffness. The solutions indicate that with increasing stiffness there are: a slow reduction in the nearly uniform clearance prevailing under most of the wrap angle; an increase in the peak of the undulations occurring in the region where the tape leaves the spindle; and virtually no change in the trough of these undulations. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0624827

Entities

People

  • A. Eshel
  • H. G. Elrod Jr.

Organizations

  • Ampex

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bearings
  • Clearances
  • Foil Bearings
  • Physical Properties
  • Stiffness
  • Thickness
  • Undulation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).