Compliant, air-lubricated foil bearings have been developed for the cabin cooling turbocompressors of new commercial aircraft, the FALCON-2000, with an extension to the MIRAGE 2000 military aircraft. During their development, the bearings for these air cycle machines were subjected to demanding requirements to ensure safety and durability while simultaneously attaining improved system performance. For this application, the bearings are required to operate at high speed (90000 rpm), the rotor is lightweight, and the dynamic forces - external shock and vibration - exceed steady-state loads by an order of magnitude. This paper discusses the compliant foil bearing design analysis, bearing performance, and system rotordynamics, including critical speeds and rotor imbalance response. Also presented are full rotor bearing development and operational procedures consisting of test results of steady-state and random vibrations obtained from both a rotor bearing simulator and an actual system.


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    Title :

    Role of foil bearings in advancement and development of high-speed turbomachinery


    Additional title:

    Die Rolle der Folienlager bei der Förderung und Entwicklung von Hochgeschwindigkeits-Turbomaschinen


    Contributors:
    Heshmat, H. (author)


    Publication date :

    1993


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 15 Bilder, 14 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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