The paper introduces a structural model for bump-type foil bearings based on contact
mechanics including gaps and friction. The starting point is a model introduced in [32] were …

Corrugated foils are utilised in air foil bearings to introduce compliance and damping thus
accurate mathematical predictions are important. A corrugated foil behaviour is investigated …

Gas foil bearings are increasingly employed in advanced rotating machinery. Fast and
accurate predictions of bearing performance are necessary and can greatly improve the …

The dynamic characteristics of foil bearings operating at high rotation speeds depend very
much on the mechanical characteristics of the foil structure. For this reason, the stiffness and …

This paper presents an efficient three-dimensional (3D) structural model for bump-type gas
foil bearings (GFBs) developed by considering friction. The foil structures are modeled with a …

This paper presents a new structural bump foil model that can handle all operating
conditions from start-up to full speed. The model is based on a nonlinear contact algorithm …

A detailed elastogasdynamic model of a preloaded three-pad air foil journal bearing is
presented. Bump and top foil deflections are herein calculated with a nonlinear beamshell …

An efficient finite element scheme for solving the non-linear Reynolds equation for
compressible fluid coupled to compliant structures is presented. The method is general and …

The article discusses the results of simulation-based and experimental research carried out
on gas foil bearings. Owing to the use of a set of flexible thin foils in such bearings, they …

This paper presents a coupled algorithm for gas foil bearing simulation with considering
three-dimensional structure. In the discretization process of the top foil, the plate and shell …