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Publication
Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME
Paper
Static determinaoy in the theory of finite width foil bearings
Abstract
The assumption of “perfect flexibility" is shown to be self-consistent in an important class of finite-width foil bearing problems. When the membrane equations are written in the “stretched coordinates" of foil bearing theory, the usual edge conditions on the tape result in a statically determinate problem. The tape dynamics couples to the Reynolds lubrication equation through a single force-balance equation which does not entail the elastic strain. © 1974 by ASME.