CARRYING CAPACITY OF A CYLINDRICAL
MAGNETOFLUID SUPPORT

A. N. Vislovich,* V. V. Dudarev,
A. B. Sukhotskii, and V. N. Garanin

UDC 537.84

The influence of magnetic and geometric parameters on 
the carrying capacity of a magnetofluid support consisting of a cylindrical 
bushing and a journal suspended in a linearly magnetizable fluid has 
been investigated. The existence of the absolute maximum of a hydrostatic 
buoyancy force for the optimum relation of the bushing and journal 
radii has been found. Simple interpolation formulas which describe 
the dependence of the characteristics of the maximum on the susceptibility 
of the fluid with an accuracy sufficient for technical calculations 
have been obtained.

*Deceased.

Belarusian State Technological University, 13a Sverdlov 
Str., Minsk, 220050, Belarus. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 2, pp. 109-115, March-April, 2006. Original 
article submitted November 2, 2004.