In the last decades, the demand for hydrostatic bearings application has been rising due to
the possibilities and advantages they offer. The advancements in hydrostatic lubrication …

Hydrostatic bearing is a key part that provides precision and long life to machine tools. It is
one of the embodiments of tribology, mechanics, optimization method, and structural design …

This paper describes a mixed elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) model for finite length
elastic journal bearings. The finite element method was employed to discretise the coupled …

In order to study the lubrication performance of rubber-supported water-lubricated thrust
bearings (RWTBs) with polymer coated pads and optimize the offset ratio of rubber …

Aiming at the demand of marine shaft-less rim-driven thrusters (RDTs) for high load capacity,
long life, low friction and low vibration water lubricated hydrodynamic thrust bearings …

Water lubricated bearings have been named in literature as a sustainable alternative to their
oil-based counterparts. In order to clarify when water lubricated bearings are or are not a …

Textured thrust bearings are capable of providing higher load capacity and lower friction
torque compared to nontextured bearings. However, most previous optimization efforts for …

The performance characteristics of capillary compensated tilted pad hydrostatic bearing
operating with Newtonian lubricant and cubic law lubricant are studied numerically …

In terms of the heavy load and low viscosity operation conditions of the marine rim-driven
thruster (RDT), a novel Magnetic Liquid-double-suspension Elastic-supported Thrust …

The segmented carbon seal is regularly used for sealing bearing chambers of aeronautical
turboengines or as part of a buffer seal in space turbopumps. The seal operates with …