Abstract: Air bearing slider dynamic performance during the ramp loading and unloading processes was investigated theoretically in this paper. The air bearing was modeled by the modifiedcompressible Reynolds ...

Abstract: A finite element perturbation approach to the prediction of foil bearing stiffness and damping coefficients is presented. The fluid lubricant is modeled as a simple barotropic fluid which is ...

Abstract: The stiffness and damping coefficients of an elastically supported gas foil bearing are calculated. A perfect gas is used as the lubricant, and its behavior is described by the Reynolds equation. ...

Abstract: A general method for the design of the optimal path for a constant velocity chain system is presented. Both the dynamic effects and the kinematic effects of finite sized links have been ...