PERFORMANCE FACTORS FOR CIRCULAR, HYDROSTATIC, GAS LUBRICATED THRUST BEARINGS. PART III, RING THRUST BEARINGS

A general design procedure for ring type, hydrostatic, gas thrust bearings has been derived. Dimensionless load and flow factors have been calculated for a wide range of bearing parameters using a conformal transformation procedure proposed by Mori and Yabe. These factors are combined with empirical correlations for the bearing entry losses to provide a simple, convenient design procedure. The predicted performances are compared with a number of experimental studies. The results indicate the procedure is adequate for all normal design requirements.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Research Council of Canada

  National Aeronautical Establishment
  Ottawa, ONo K1A OR6,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Dudgeon, E H
  • Maki, M C
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bearings; Gas bearings; Lubrication; Thrust bearings
• Old TRIS Terms: Bearing design; Bearing lubrication
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053708
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Research Council of Canada
• Report/Paper Numbers: MT-65
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM