Research subjects and hot topics of foil bearings performance in recent twenty years: analysis and prediction

• Published in: Forschung im Ingenieurwesen Vol. 85; no. 4; pp. 1029 - 1042
• Main Authors: Zhou, Quan, Zhang, Yi, Hou, Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bearings; Developing countries; Engineering; Foil bearings; Frequency analysis; Gas bearings; LDCs; Low speed; Maintenance costs; Mechanical Engineering; Übersichtsarbeiten/Review articles

As one kind of gas bearings, foil bearings that are commonly made of one top foil and at least one bottom foil, have many attractive advantages such as low power loss, wide work temperature range, high rotating speed, low maintenance cost, simple system construct, etc. Nevertheless, foil bearings al...