A Review of the State-of-the-Art for the Design of Self-Acting Gas-Lubricated Bearings

Abstract

This is a review of selected publications over the past eight years, dealing with the analysis and design of self-acting, gas-lubricated bearings. An effort has been made to evaluate the advances made both in the understanding of the basic phenomena involved and in the technical analytical ability to deal with them. Whenever possible, design procedures have been referenced and illustrated.