Air Bearings

**_Comprehensive treatise on gas bearing theory, design and application

_**This book treats the fundamental aspects of gas bearings of different configurations (thrust, radial, circular, conical) and operating principles (externally pressurized, self-acting, hybrid, squeeze), guiding the reader throughout the design process from theoretical modelling, design parameters, numerical formulation, through experimental characterisation and practical design and fabrication.

The book devotes a substantial part to the dynamic stability issues (pneumatic hammering, sub-synchronous whirling, active dynamic compensation and control), treating them comprehensively from theoretical and experimental points of view.

Key features:

• Systematic and thorough treatment of the topic.
• Summarizes relevant previous knowledge with extensive references.
• Includes numerical modelling and solutions useful for practical application.
• Thorough treatment of the gas-film dynamics problem including active control.
• Discusses high-speed bearings and applications.

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Air Bearings: Theory, Design and Applications_ is a useful reference for academics, researchers, instructors, and design engineers.  The contents will help readers to formulate a gas-bearing problem correctly, set up the basic equations, solve them establishing the static and dynamic characteristics, utilise these to examine the scope of the design space of a given problem, and evaluate practical issues, be they in design, construction or testing.