In order to evaluate the operation performance of the multi-leaf foil bearings and their application potential in high-speed turbo-machinery
an experimental research of multi-leaf foil bearings was conducted. At first
static and transient tests of the multi-leaf journal bearings with different foil thickness were performed on the journal bearing test rig
and the load-deflection
start-up and operating friction torque characteristics
as well as the bearing Coulomb friction and friction torque
under different foil thickness and bearing loads were obtained. Afterwards
both multi-leaf foil journal and thrust bearing were applied in the high-speed turbo-machinery with a rotor diameter of 25 mm. The transient speed-up
high speed
and speed-down experiments of the rotor-bearing system were conducted on the high-speed turbo-machinery test rig. The transient characteristics and stability of the rotor with the support of the aerodynamic multi-leaf foil bearings were analy-ed. The experime
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