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Table of Contents

PrefaceList of symbols1 Application2 Basic Flow Theory3 Power, Temperatures and Shape Optimization4 Pads: Area and Flow Shape Factors 5 Flow Control and Restrictors6 Basis of Design Procedures 7 Plane Hydrostatic and Aerostatic Bearings8 Partial Journal Bearings9 Recessed Hydrostatic Journal Bearings10 Plain Journal Bearings 11 The Yates Bearing12 Conical Journal Bearings 13 Spherical bearings14 Dynamics15 Experimental methods and testing Index

About the Author

W. Brian Rowe is Consulting Director and Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Liverpool John Moores University (UK). He is also former Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Tribology Research Laboratory.