Abstract: A complete analytical model of bump-type foil bearings taking into consideration the effects of four factors, i.e., the elasticity of bump foil, the interaction forces between bumps, the friction ...

Abstract: The applications of foil air bearings have been extended for use in a wide range of turbomachineries with high speed and high temperature. Lubricant temperature becomes an important factor in ...

Abstract: A numerical model for 3D thermohydrodynamic analysis of bumptype foil bearings with a sparse mesh across the air film is described. The model accounts for heat convection into cooling air, thermal expansion of the bearing ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical model for the self-excited sloshing due to the fluid discharge over a flexible weir, as observed in the cooling circuit of the French fast breeder reactor, ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical model for the self-excited sloshing due to the fluid discharge over a flexible weir, as observed in the cooling circuit of the French fast breeder reactor, ...

Abstract: An analytical model for describing the effectiveness of a deepwater-type cylindrical tuned liquid damper (TLD) with a submerged net for suppressing horizontal vibration of structures is first ...

Abstract: Natural gas is relatively clean and its demand is increasing these days. In most of the case, gas fields are located at the bottom of the sea. Therefore, floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) system is now ...

Abstract: This paper describes an effective method of obtaining covariances in recursive form for a multiple‐degree of freedom linear structural system subjected to multiple support nonstationary seismic excitations. The study is ...

Abstract: The spent fuel pool of a nuclear power plant is a huge water tank with a vertical and horizontal depth of more than a dozen meters, and multiple box-shaped spent fuel racks in which spent nuclear fuel is stored are lined ...

Abstract: A new structural stiffness model for the compliant structure in foil gas bearings is introduced in the first part of this work. The model investigates the possibility that the flat segment between bumps, in bump foil strip, ...