ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF A CANTILEVER-MOUNTED RESILIENT-PAD GAS-LUBRICATED THRUST BEARING

摘要

A thrust bearing consisting of pads mounted on resilient, metallic, cantilever beams is de¬scribed and analyzed. Compliance and stiffness of the bearing assembly are discussed, and the effects of bearing design parameters on performance are shown. After the general analysis, a design example is presented for a flat sector-shaped gas bearing. A special case where zero axial movement of the runner can be obtained is pointed out.