...Ruzhong Yan; Liaoyuan Wang; Shengze Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the mechanical properties of aerostatic guideway taking the structural deformation into account, and further improve the calculation method of guideway. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical model...

...Dongju Chen; Lihua Dong; Ri Pan; Jinwei Fan; Qiang Cheng Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the coupling effects of the velocity slip, rarefaction effect and effective viscosity of the gas film on the performance of the aerostatic guideway in micro-scale and improve the analysis...