Abstract: This paper describes an experimental investigation into the dynamic characteristics of corrugated foil (bump foil) strips used in compliant surface foil thrust bearings. This study provided the ...

Abstract: Recently, many computer hard disk drive companies and spindle motor manufacturers have been looking for a substitute for ball bearings to continue making dramatic progress in increasing the ...

Abstract: This paper describes an experimental investigation into the structural dynamic characteristics of corrugated foil (bump foil) strips used in one type of compliant surface foil journal bearings ...

Abstract: This paper describes an experimental investigation into the dynamic characteristics of corrugated foil (bump foil) strips used in compliant surface foil journal bearings and dampers. In the ...

Abstract: This paper describes the second part of an investigation into the mechanism of deformation of the corrugated foil (bump foil) strips used in compliant surface foil bearings. In the earlier ...

Abstract: This paper presents a theoretical model of corrugated foil strip (bump foil) deformation in compliant foil bearings and dampers. The friction forces between bump foils and the housing or the ...

Abstract: This paper provided the first opportunity to quantify the angular stiffness and equivalent viscous damping coefficients of an axial spline coupling used in highspeed turbomachinery. The bending ...

Abstract: This paper studies natural frequencies and mode shapes of a glide head with a piezoelectric transducer (PZT) through calibrated experiments and a finite element analysis. In the experiments, the ...

Abstract: This paper studies forced response of PZT glide heads through calibrated experiments and finite element analyses. The PZT glide heads consist of an Al2O3TiC slider and a PZT transducer. In the ...