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Structural Properties of Foil Bearings: A Closed-Form Solution Validated with Finite Element Analysis

Piotr Hryniewicz Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdańsk, Poland
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Michał Wodtke Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland
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Artur Olszewski Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland
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Romuald Rzadkowski Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdańsk, Poland
Pages 435-446 | Received 22 Jul 2008, Accepted 08 Dec 2008, Published online: 15 Feb 2011

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