
3. Aerodynamic stops
The aerodynamic bearing is designed to support an axial load along the Z shaft axis. It can be used either to support a vertical shaft, or to eliminate the axial degree of freedom of a rotor guided by aerodynamic bearings, in which case a double stop is generally provided.
Two types of fixed stop derived directly from the Rayleigh block (figure 3 b) are shown in figure 7 . One (figure
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