Miniature aerostatic journal air bearings used in Micro-turbine engine was studied by experiment in this paper
while the effects of ratio of length to diameter
orifice
clearance of journal air bearing and supply pressure on the characters of journal air bearing were analyzed.The optimum methods for selecting these parameters were presented.An aerostatic bearing for a micro turbine engine(diameter about 11 cm) was designed: diameter: 15 mm
length: 17.5 mm
orifice: 0.35 mm
and clearance: 30 μm.When the air feed pressure is 2.5 kPa
the bearing can load 13.72 N
and the air feed is less than1.0 g/s.The aerostatic bearing designed in this paper can meet the needs of 11 cm micro turbine engine.