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Problems and prospects of using gas and hydrodynamic lubricants in support seals of aircraft engine rotors

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This paper examines the ways of increasing the life of face seals of rotor supports. Factors that should be taken into account in design of seals, are studied.

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Original Russian Text © V.B. Balyakin, 2017, published in Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Aviatsionnaya Tekhnika, 2017, No. 2, pp. 129—132.

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Balyakin, V.B. Problems and prospects of using gas and hydrodynamic lubricants in support seals of aircraft engine rotors. Russ. Aeronaut. 60, 303–307 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068799817020222

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