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Optimum Gas Journal Bearing with the Flexible Surface

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The optimum shape of the cylindrical internal deformable (flexible) surface of a gas journal bearing of infinite length is designed. The variational problem of determining the clearance shape giving the maximum bearing load capacity is formulated and solved.

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Grabovskii, V.I. Optimum Gas Journal Bearing with the Flexible Surface. Fluid Dynamics 38, 193–202 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024212800678

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