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Table 1 Computational conditions of three different restrictors

From: Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification of the Stiffness and Stability of Thrust Pad Aerostatic Bearings

Design variable

Orifice restrictor

Multiple restrictors

Porous restrictors

Inlet pressure Pin/Pa

5

5 × 105

5 × 105

Outlet pressure Pout/Pa

0

0

0

Operating pressure Po/Pa

1 × 105

1 × 105

1 × 105

Gas density ρ/(kg/m3)

1.189

1.189

1.189

Dynamic viscosity μ/(Ns/m2)

1.8 × 10−5

1.8 × 10−5

1.8 × 10−5

Bearing diameter D/mm

50

50

50

Orifice diameter d/mm

0.05−0.15

0.05−0.15

Groove width w g /mm

0.20

Groove depth d g /mm

0.10

Groove length l g /mm

1.50

Viscous resistance coefficient d r /m−2

8 × 1013−1.6 × 1014

Inertia resistance coefficient c r /m−1

2.5 × 107

Porosity γ

0.18