The evolution of foil bearing technology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2019
Abstract
This paper presents a state-of-the-art survey on the development of the foil bearing technology. Foil bearings represent a proven technology with many promising features. Nevertheless, there are a number of inherent challenges in their designs, analyses, and performance characteristics that must be taken into consideration for proper functionality and safe operation. To this end, complexities associated with geometrical configurations with the compressible flow, dynamic performance and stability associated with stiffness and damping, frictional characteristics associated with low- and high-speed operations, and thermoelastic instability leading to thermally-induced runaway are discussed in depth with particular attention to their progressive evolutions.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Tribology International
First Page
305
Last Page
323
Recommended Citation
Samanta, P., Murmu, N., & Khonsari, M. (2019). The evolution of foil bearing technology. Tribology International, 135, 305-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2019.03.021