Performance Factors for Circular Hydrostatic Gas-Lubricated Thrust Bearings. Part I. Single Inlet Thrust Bearings,

Abstract

Procedures are described for the design of both orifice-compensated and inherently-compensated hydrostatic gas thrust bearings. A new empirical correlation for the compensation loss in inherently-compensated bearings is presented. The analytical predictions are compared with experimental results for a number of different single inlet thrust bearings over a range of parameters. The proposed design method is general and can be applied, using appropriate load factors, to multiple inlet thrust bearings. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0728363

Entities

People

  • E. H. Dudgeon

Organizations

  • National Research Council Canada

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bearings
  • Thrust Bearings

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).