A special test fixture will be developed for an existing test machine recently adapted for testing steel balls between two rolling disks. using this fixture, a test technique will be developed in phase i to measure the friction, transfer film rate, cage wear rate, and ball/ race track surface damage… More

Magnetic bearing systems are an innovative approach to aircraft gas-turbine engine rotor support, with the potential to operate at high temperatues and speeds, to improve significantly engine specific fuel consumption, power/weight ratio, rotordynamics control and reliability, and to reduce… More