Abstract: The problem of the performance of a two-dimensional lifting unit with peripheral jet distribution in proximity of the ground is considered fully from a theoretical standpoint but with design ...

Abstract: This paper describes a method of solving the Reynolds equations governing the fluid motion in an infinite journal gas bearing. The method derives from an exact transformation of the classical ...

Abstract: The report presents an investigation of the dynamic stability behaviour of self-aligning journal gas bearings when subjected to arbitrary small disturbances from an initial condition of operational ...

Abstract: An analysis of the lift augmentation properties of a vertical solid two-dimensional subsonic jet due to the presence of the ground is presented. The jet efflux is assumed to behave as an ...

Abstract: A method is described for solving certain problems of subsonic aerodynamic design where flow boundaries in the physical plane are required to have specific dynamic characteristics. The method ...

Abstract: Solutions for the stress and strain systems in spinning paraboloid dishes, both holed and whole, are presented. They are applicable to all such dishes of aperture small enough to justify the ...

Abstract: The dynamics of a long hydrodynamic gas bearing is investigated for periodic variations of the rotational speed. The analysis is divided into two regions of interest, namely: (1) for small ...