Gas Lubricated Bearings
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 850
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gas lubricated bearings; rotor dynamics; supercritical carbon dioxide lubricated bearings
Interests: gas foil bearing; magnetic levitation bearing; oil-free turbomachinery; rotor dynamics
Interests: non-contact bearings; flow field control; ultra-precision components
Interests: aerostatic bearings; nonlinear dynamics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Gas lubricated bearings use gas to achieve complete non-contact suspension lubrication, offering advantages such as low friction loss, high precision, adaptability to various working environments, and exceptional stability. Gas lubricated bearings meet the demanding requirements of equipment with extreme performance needs, including ultra-high speeds, precise operation, high efficiency, and long lifespan. Gas lubricated bearings hold promising applications in advanced equipment such as high-speed electric spindles, hydrogen fuel cells, micro-gas turbines, and hydrogen expanders. As the application environments for gas lubricated bearings become increasingly complex, there is a growing emphasis on factors like the lubrication medium, bearing capacity, stability, and adaptability. Lubrication technology for gas bearings encompasses various research areas, including lubrication mechanisms, multi-field coupling flows, structural design and optimization, high-performance manufacturing, performance testing, and system integration.
Dr. Dongjiang Han
Dr. Fangcheng Xu
Dr. Wenjun Li
Dr. Jianbo Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gas foil bearing
- aerostatic bearing
- squeeze air film bearing
- hydrostatic porous gas bearings
- hybrid lubricated bearings
- bearings lubricated by other gaseous fluids
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