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March 26, 2026The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress JapanOpen Access

Effect of microbubble addition in axial slot type water bearings

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YNYuki NAKAGAWASKShinji KAJIWARATKTomoya KINUGAWA

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Overview

Investigates load capacity improvement in water bearings using microbubbles, suggesting enhanced performance over traditional methods.

Key Points

  • To explore the impact of adding microbubbles to water in bearings to improve load capacity.
  • Conducted CAE analysis to predict load capacity characteristics.
  • Performed experiments comparing microbubble water bearings, gas bearings, and conventional water bearings.
  • Measured load capacity under varying conditions with and without microbubbles.
  • Microbubble water bearings show higher load capacity than traditional water bearings.
  • Gas bearings demonstrate superior load capacity compared to both water and microbubble water bearings.
  • Load capacity of microbubble water bearings is effectively between that of water and gas bearings.

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NAKAGAWA et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c4cc85fdc3bde448917dd4https://doi.org/10.1299/jsmemecj.2025.j111p-04
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