Abstract: The paper presents gas bearing turbomachinery developments for the past decade. With the aid of examples of eight different requirements, it answers the question: “Why Gas-Bearing Turbomachinery?” ...

Abstract: This paper presents numerical solutions of the Reynolds equation for finite length, gas-lubricated cylindrical journal bearings under static loading (this corresponds to a load of constant magnitude ...

Abstract: The paper presents several examples of vibrational problems recently experienced by several turbine manufacturers. These problems include stability, system critical speeds, rotor response to unbalance, ...

Abstract: This paper presents theoretical and experimental analysis of two types of circular hydrostatic thrust bearings, using incompressible lubricants. Design equations for load-carrying capacity, stiffness, ...

Abstract: A nummerical solution to the coupled Reynolds, elasticity, and energy equations for the pressure, temperature, and film thickness between two heavily loaded rolling and sliding cylinders is ...

Abstract: This paper presents a theoretical analysis of the dynamics of a rotor-bearing system. The analysis is quite general but because of space limitations only the symmetrical rotor supported in two ...