Experimental Evaluation of Foil-supported Resilient-pad Gas-lubricated Thrust BearingNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1977 - Bearings (Machinery) - 20 pages |
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80 newtons bearing after test bearing configuration bearing friction force bearing pads bearing surfaces bearing test Bearing torque bearings were run carbon graphite pads center of pressure elastomer EVALUATION OF FOIL-SUPPORTED EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION film wedge Foil Bearings FOIL-SUPPORTED RESILIENT-PAD GAS-LUBRICATED friction torque gas bearings GAS-LUBRICATED THRUST BEARING graphite pads mounted Herringbone-Grooved higher speeds hydrodynamic journal bearings lb/in² Lewis Research Center load pressure loads from 27 lubricated thrust bearing molybdenum mounted on rectangular mounted on sector N-m in-lb newton-meter newtons 18 lb outer diameter pad thrust bearing point load radial spoke radius rectangular foils resilient pad gas Resilient pad thrust resilient-pad gas thrust RESILIENT-PAD GAS-LUBRICATED THRUST Rotor speed runner surface sector shaped foils sector shaped pads shaft shaped pads mounted speeds to 9000 square pad bearing square pad thrust static torque Stator assembly surface rubbing Technol test apparatus test thrust bearing thrust bearing runner thrust loads type of resilient-pad wear particles