Performance characteristics of rectangular aerostatic thrust bearing by conformal mapping

Purpose This paper aims to analyze the pressure distribution of rectangular aerostatic thrust bearing with a single air supply inlet using the complex potential theory and conformal mapping. Design/methodology/approach The Möbius transform is used to map the interior of a rectangle onto the interior of a unit circle, from which the pressure distribution and load carrying capacity are obtained. The calculation results are verified by finite difference method. Findings The constructed Möbius formula is very effective for the performance characteristics researches for the rectangular thrust bearing with a single air supply inlet. In addition, it is also noted that to obtain the optimized load carrying capacity, the square thrust bearing can be adopted. Originality/value The Möbius transform is found suitable to describe the pressure distribution of the rectangular thrust bearing with a single air supply inlet.

The Importance and Interaction Indices of Bi-Capacities Based on Ternary-Element Sets

Grabisch and Labreuche have recently proposed a generalization of capacities, called the bi-capacities. Recently, a new approach for studying bi-capacities through introducing a notion of ternary-element sets proposed by the author. In this paper, we propose many results such as bipolar Mobius transform, importance index, and interaction index of bi-capacities based on our approach.

Mobius transform for Cadiag-2

This study presents how the Mobius transform can be used for Max-Min compositions of rules of the CADIAG-2. The algorithm for Mobius transform to find new weights of rules for CADIAG-2 is proposed. This method is tested for different examples and some remarks are indicated.