W.Brian Rowe Hydrostatic, aerostatic, and hybrid bearing design
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Application -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.What are Hydrostatic, Hybrid, and Aerostatic Bearings? -- 1.3.When are Hydrostatic, Hybrid, and Aerostatic Bearings Employed? -- 1.4.Bearing Selection -- 1.5.Bearing Categories -- 1.6.Commercial Applications -- 1.7.Materials and Manufacture -- 1.8.Aerostatic Bearings -- 1.9.How to Read and Use the Book -- References -- ch. 2 Basic Flow Theory -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Viscosity -- 2.3.Density and Consistent Units -- 2.4.Compressibility -- 2.5.Viscous Flow Between Parallel Plates -- 2.6.Combined Pressure- and Velocity-Induced Viscous Flow in a Two-Dimensional Nonparallel Film -- 2.7.Flow Through Restrictors -- 2.8.Recess Pressure and Pressure Ratio -- 2.9.Bearing Load -- 2.10.Use of Normalized Data -- 2.11.Aerostatic Bearings---Summary of Relationships -- References -- Further Reading -- ch. 3 Power, Temperature Rise, and Shape Optimization -- Summary of Key Design Formulae -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Pumping Power Hp -- 3.3.Friction Power Hf -- 3.4.Power Ratio K -- 3.5.Temperature Rise (SE(BT -- 3.6.Minimum Power as an Optimization Criterion -- 3.7.Minimum Power for Low-Speed Bearings (K = 0) -- 3.8.Minimum Power for High-Speed Recessed Bearings -- 3.9.Speed Parameter Sh and Optimum Value Sh0 -- 3.10.Optimization of Plain Nonrecessed Hybrid Bearings -- References -- ch. 4 Pads: Area and Flow Shape Factors (A and B) -- Summary of Key Design Formulae -- 4.1.Pad Shapes and Shape Factors -- 4.2.Virtual Recesses and Dispersion Losses -- 4.3.Circular Pads -- 4.4.Square Pad Data -- 4.5.Rectangular Pad Data -- 4.6.Annular Recess Circular Pad Data -- 4.7.Conical Pad Data -- 4.8.Spherical Pad Data -- 4.9.Multi-Recess Circular Pad Data -- 4.10.Multi-Recess Rectangular Pad Data -- 4.11.Data for Rectangular Pad with Radiussed Recess Corners -- 4.12.Data for Any Shape with Thin Constant Land Width -- 4.13.Annular Multi-Recess Pad Data -- ch. 5 Flow Control and Restrictors -- Summary of Ke