Air Lubrication For The Environment and Sustainable Development of Industrialized Humankind : Present and Future Prospects
Manas Ranjan Pattnayak, Phd. Research Scholar- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Significant improvements in tribological and dynamic performances are seen by incorporating state-of-the-art surface texture technology in aerodynamic bearings. Our team is also exploring the rotor dynamic response of accelerating/retarding rotors supported on self-acting air bearings to propose suitable acceleration/retardation schedules to keep the whirling amplitude and frequency as minimum as possible during the acceleration/retardation phase of the rotor.
The present talk will cover the fundamentals of air lubrication theory, the past and ongoing research in this exciting field across the globe, and the future of air lubrication in modern machinery for sustainable development.