AIR AND MAGNETIC SUSPENSION

Abstract

The main types of fluid film bearing, irrespective of lubricant, are those relying on surface motion to generate the fluid film pressure and hence load capacity (hydrodynamic lubrication—or aerodynamic for gases), and those relying on an external supply of pressurized lubricant (hydrostatic or aerostatic lubrication). A bearing employing a mixture of the two lubrication modes is said to be hybrid. A special case of self‐acting bearings is the squeeze film bearing in which fluid pressure is generated due to the normal motion of the bearing surfaces. Particular bearing geometries will not be discussed.

Citation

Taylor, C.M. (1972), "AIR AND MAGNETIC SUSPENSION", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 24 No. 5, pp. 234-258. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053023