Aerodynamic journal bearings (AJBs) are mainly being used to support and guide the high-
speed lightly loaded rotors. In the past, the investigators have done substantial efforts across …

Gas foil bearings have important and wide applications in high-speed turbomachinery,
generating low frictional lubricating gas film in series with underlying elastic foil structures to …

The rotordynamics of a rotor supported by gas foil bearings (GFBs) has been studied,
focusing mainly on the relation between radial loads and lateral vibration. Nevertheless, the …

High-speed rotor systems mounted on gas foil bearings present bifurcations which change
the quality of stability, and may compromise the operability of rotating systems, or increase …

The Hopf bifurcation behavior is an important issue for the nonlinear dynamic analysis of
gas foil bearing (GFB)-rotor systems. However, there is a lack of detailed study on different …

Conical gas foil bearings (CGFBs) have the potential to halve the number of necessary
bearings in a conventional rotor system supported by gas foil bearings. Transient …

Abstract Gas Foil Bearings (GFBs) possess significant potential for oil-free and
environmentally friendly support of high-speed rotating machinery in a wide range of …

The dynamic characteristics of rotors supported by Gas Foil Bearings (GFBs) are commonly
assessed using linear force coefficients, which are usually derived from an analytical …

A new bore design of a self-acting gas journal bearing has been conceived for enhancing
the load carrying capacity and dynamic stability parameters as compared to conventional …

Modelling and identification of the dynamic characteristics of foil bearings under varying
loads pose a great challenge and require the use of advanced numerical models. Although …