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 rapidly convergent finite element approach to determining the air bearing slider flying attitude is developed in the present investigation. The air flow between the slider and the disk is ...

Abstract: Some fundamental characteristics of the subambient pressure air bearing suction force were investigated analytically and numerically. The performance of air bearing suction force is strongly ...

Abstract: In this paper, a novel transformable leg-wheel mechanism is proposed. It has three active joints, among which the hip roll joint is directly driven, the hip pitch joint is driven by gear transmission, and the knee joint ...