FEASIBILITY OF GAS BEARINGS FOR SMALL HIGH-PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT GAS TURBINES

Abstract

The object of this contractual effort was to determine the feasibility of incorporating gas bearings in a small high-performance aircraft gas turbine engine. This report describes a gas generator designed to incorporate gas bearings and the studies undertaken in the bearing design process. Discussion is presented in areas of selection of bearing type, design of journal and thrust bearings, accommodation of bearing loads, thermal studies and bearing materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0684956

Entities

People

  • Peter W. Curwen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Chemistry
  • Crystal Structure
  • Friction
  • Gas Turbines
  • Heat Transfer
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Turbines

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).