Don Bently's Historical Technical Articles
Click below to see some Don Bently’s historical technical articles. Bently was a pioneer of in the field of externally pressurized gas bearings.
Don Bently's Corner
Back to Basics - Why Magnetic Bearings Have Problems
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Core Values
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Those That Preceded Us
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Trade Publications
Shaft Levitation Made Simple
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Pressurized Bearings Solves Environmental Problems
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Externally Pressurized Bearings May Solve Vibration Problems
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BPB Newsletter Articles
Why Does The World Need a New Bearing?
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Root Locus Made Easy (Really!)
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ORBIT Articles - Fundamentals
Root Locus Analysis - An excellent tool for rotating machine design and analysis
ORBIT, Second/Third Quarters 1999
Dynamic Stiffness and the Advantages of Externally Pressurized Bearings
ORBIT, First Quarter 2000
In Pursuit of Better Bearings
ORBIT, Second Quarter 2000
Experimental Results and Implications of Perturbation Testing with Externally Pressurized Bearing
ORBIT, Second Quarter 2000
Understanding and Using Dynamic Stiffness - A Tutorial
ORBIT, Second Quarter 2000
The Death of Whirl - What the BEPB Can Do for the Stability of Rotating Machinery
ORBIT, First Quarter 2001
New Pressurized Bearing Kill Frequency Shifts in Rotating Machinery
ORBIT, Second Quarter 2001