New use for squeeze-film damping proposed for turbopump bearings. Damping of axial shaft vibrations improved with properly-designed squeeze-film spring. Capillary-squeeze-film springs damp turbopump shaft axial vibrations. Disks deflect to left and right as pump bearing vibrates. Fluid fills and empties from spaces between disks to damp vibration.
Squeeze-Film-Damped Spring for Turbopumps
NASA Tech Briefs ; 6 , 4
01.12.1982
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