Actively compensated aerostatic thrust bearing: design,modelling and experimental validation |
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Authors: | Federico Colombo Luigi Lentini Terenziano Raparelli Vladimir Viktorov |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,Politecnico di Torino,Turin,Italy |
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Abstract: | Active compensation is an effective method for increasing air bearing static and dynamic performance. This paper describes the design, modelling and experimental validation of an actively compensated externally pressurized gas bearing. The active compensation is obtained through the support compensation strategy. With this strategy, the system’s initial working position is restored by compensating for air gap variations through adjustments to the bearing vertical dimension. The described bearing consists in a conventional thrust bearing which is integrated with a multilayer piezoelectric actuator, a compliant mechanism and a digital controller. Nevertheless the non-linear nature of the air system, a simple linear model results to be an effective choice for neighbour of equilibrium conditions. Results demonstrate the good accuracy of the model and the system’s good capacity of rejecting external force disturbances. |
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