Numerical investigation of static and dynamic characteristics of aerostatic thrust bearings with small feed holes

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 1353-1359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaaki Miyatake ◽  
Shigeka Yoshimoto
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Static And Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Thrust Bearings

Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Aerostatic Circular Porous Thrust Bearings (Effect of the Shape of the Air Supply Area)

2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Yoshimoto ◽  
K. Kohno
Keyword(s):  
Porous Material ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Thrust Bearing ◽  
Aerostatic Bearing ◽  
Bearing Surface ◽  
Static And Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Thrust Bearings ◽  
Porous Bearing ◽  
Air Supply ◽  
Bearing Design

Recently, graphite porous material has been used successfully in an aerostatic bearing. In actual bearing design, it is often necessary to reduce the thickness of porous material to make the bearing smaller. However, a reduction in thickness results in a reduction in the strength of the porous material. In particular, when the diameter of porous material is large, it is difficult to supply the air through the full pad area of porous material because it deforms. Therefore, in this paper, two types of air supply method (the annular groove supply and the hole supply) in a circular aerostatic porous thrust bearing are proposed to avoid the deflection of the bearing surface. The static and dynamic characteristics of aerostatic porous bearing with these air supply methods are investigated theoretically and experimentally. In addition, the effects of a surface restricted layer on the characteristics are clarified.

scholarly journals Experimental test of static and dynamic characteristics of tilting-pad thrust bearings

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 168781401559387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annan Guo ◽  
Xiaojing Wang ◽  
Jian Jin ◽  
Diann Y Hua ◽  
Zikai Hua
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Static And Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Thrust Bearings ◽  
Tilting Pad

Numerical Investigation of Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Water Hydrostatic Porous Thrust Bearings

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 773-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Nishitani ◽  
◽  
Shigeka Yoshimoto ◽  
Kei Somaya
Keyword(s):  
Porous Material ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Machine Tools ◽  
Measuring Equipment ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Damping Coefficient ◽  
Static And Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Thrust Bearings ◽  
Hydrostatic Bearings ◽  
Aerostatic Bearings

A moving table supported by aerostatic bearings can achieve excellent accuracy of motion because of its noncontact support and, hence, it is used in various precision machine tools and measuring equipment. However, because of low viscosity of air, the damping coefficient of aerostatic bearings is not very high, causing vibration with nanometer-order amplitudes. The accuracy of machine tools and measuring equipment could deteriorate because of this vibration. It is expected that water hydrostatic bearings would have a higher damping coefficient than aerostatic bearings due to the higher viscosity of water. In addition, water, like air, does not pollute the environment. In this paper, the static and dynamic characteristics of water hydrostatic thrust bearings using porous material were numerically investigated and comparedwith conventional pocket hydrostatic bearings with a capillary restrictor. Hydrostatic porous bearings can be easily constructed because the porous material becomes a viscous restrictor itself. It was consequently found that water hydrostatic porous thrust bearings have higher maximum load capacity and slightly lower stiffness than water bearings with a capillary restrictor.

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