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Aerospace applications of magnetic bearings
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hockney, Richard Goldie Sr., James Gondhalekar, Vijay Downer Sr., James |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | Magnetic bearings have traditionally been considered for use in aerospace applications only where performance advantages have been the primary, if not only, consideration. Conventional wisdom has been that magnetic bearings have certain performance advantages which must be traded off against increased weight, volume, electric power consumption, and system complexity. These perceptions have hampered the use of magnetic bearings in many aerospace applications because weight, volume, and power are almost always primary considerations. This paper will review progress on several active aerospace magnetic bearings programs at SatCon Technology Corporation. The magnetic bearing programs at SatCon cover a broad spectrum of applications including: a magnetically-suspended spacecraft integrated power and attitude control system (IPACS), a magnetically-suspended momentum wheel, magnetic bearings for the gas generator rotor of a turboshaft engine, a vibration-attenuating magnetic bearing system for an airborne telescope, and magnetic bearings for the compressor of a space-rated heat pump system. The emphasis of these programs is to develop magnetic bearing technologies to the point where magnetic bearings can be truly useful, reliable, and well tested components for the aerospace community. |
| File Size | 571972 |
| Page Count | 24 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940031330 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7np70f5d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1994-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Mechanical Engineering Reaction Wheels Attitude Control Gas Generators Rotors Compressors Magnetic Bearings Aircraft Parts Aerospace Systems Heat Pumps Spacecraft Components Turboshafts Telescopes Magnetic Suspension Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |