Aerostatic bearing design · rotor-system engineering
AURA is professional engineering software for direct calculation and inverse synthesis of aerostatic bearing systems. It connects the selected support to the drive, shaft, tool and rotor model, then records what the connected result is ready to prove.
Calculation core
AURA treats direct analysis and inverse design as two views of the same engineering model. The engineer can evaluate a defined gas-static bearing or begin with required performance and search for a feasible parameter set.
Define radius, length, clearance, supply pressure, gas state, restrictor or feed configuration, load and operating speed. Calculate load capacity, flow, stiffness, damping, cross-coupling and operating state.
Start from load, stiffness, flow, geometry envelope, pressure limit, clearance constraint and system targets. AURA supports parameter synthesis and candidate comparison inside the feasible design space.
Connected machine model
Support coefficients only become useful when they remain tied to the geometry, clearance and operating state that produced them, and to the machine layout that consumes them.
Platform architecture
Direct bearing calculation and inverse parameter synthesis.
Drive, shaft, tool, supports, reactions and load path.
Critical speeds, Campbell, unbalance response, orbit, damping and stability.
Provenance, validation, geometry, clearance, balancing, assembly and operating envelope.
Decision class, missing evidence, required next action and release boundary.
Recognisable engineering outputs
Decision authority
The upper AURA layers state whether the model, measurement, balancing, assembly and validation evidence support the intended decision.
Application fit
Support sizing, tool overhang, stiffness, flow, run-up response and balancing state.
Compact rotor layout, speed-dependent support behaviour, critical-speed and stability screening.
Non-contact support, repeatability-sensitive configuration and explicit evidence boundaries.
State-specific support evidence and controlled limits on thermo-fluid and release claims.
Direct calculation, inverse synthesis, candidate comparison and validation planning.
Defined machine architecture, load path and decision question assessed in a scoped pilot.
FAQ
Geometry, clearance, supply pressure, feed configuration, gas state, load and speed are connected to load capacity, flow, stiffness, damping, cross-coupling and operating-state outputs.
Yes. The inverse task begins with required load, stiffness, flow, geometry, pressure and clearance constraints and supports parameter synthesis for a feasible bearing configuration.
The selected support state is placed in the Drive Unit → Shaft → Tool → Supports configuration. Its locations, reactions and coefficients enter critical-speed, unbalance-response, orbit and stability screening.
No. Calculation and synthesis are Layer 1. Evidence is Layer 4: it records provenance, configuration state, validation, balancing, assembly and operating-envelope evidence so Layer 5 can set the correct release boundary.
Current full workflows are delivered through expert-assisted, scoped pilot cases. The public website and demo expose the product workflow without exposing proprietary solver internals.
Current access
A strong first pilot has a machine type, speed range, load or stiffness target, geometry constraints, support concept and a clear engineering decision.
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