Air Bearings

<p><b><i>Comprehensive treatise on gas bearing theory, design and application<br /><br /></i></b>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Key features:</p> <ul> <li>Systematic and thorough treatment of the topic.</li> <li>Summarizes relevant previous knowledge with extensive references.</li> <li>Includes numerical modelling and solutions useful for practical application.</li> <li>Thorough treatment of the gas-film dynamics problem including active control.</li> <li>Discusses high-speed bearings and applications.</li> </ul> <p><i><br />Air Bearings: Theory, Design and Applications</i> 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.</p>