Abstract: The performance of a hydrostatic foil journal bearing operating with an incompressible fluid is discussed. In the configuration considered here, pressurized lubricant fluid is supplied through ...

Abstract: A major goal in the control of complex mechanical systems such as advanced aircraft, spacecraft, and power plants is to achieve high performance with increased reliability, availability, component ...

Abstract: The objective of damage-mitigating control introduced in the first part of this two-part paper is to achieve high performance without overstraining the mechanical structures. The major benefit ...