Aerostatic thrust bearing with grouped inherent orifices
Diameter bearing 2R0
10
-3
m
Supply pressure pS
10
6
Pa
Ambient pressure pA
10
6
Pa
Pressure factor
β
Load capacity F
*
Pressure ratio pR/pS
Load capacity F
N
F
*
: Is usually taken from design charts or calculated numerically. The F
*
-value in this calculator is calculated numerically with R1/R0=0.5 and
β=0.6.
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