Dara W. Childs

A Test Apparatus and Facility to Identify the Rotordynamic Coefficients of High-Speed Hydrostatic Bearings

Dara W. Childs, Keith Hale · Journal of Tribology · 1994 · 160 citations · Full text

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerodynamics +12

Rotordynamic-Coefficient and Leakage Characteristics for Hole-Pattern-Stator Annular Gas Seals—Measurements Versus Predictions

Dara W. Childs, Jonathan L. Wade · Journal of Tribology · 2004 · 91 citations

Engineering, Physics, Computational Fluid Dynamics +14

Rotordynamic Coefficients for a Tooth-on-Stator Labyrinth Seal at 70 Bar Supply Pressures: Measurements Versus Theory and Comparisons to a Hole-Pattern Stator Seal

Arthur Picardo, Dara W. Childs · Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power · 2004 · 68 citations

Engineering, Physics, Fluid Dynamics +12

Rotordynamic Performance of a Negative-Swirl Brake for a Tooth-on-Stator Labyrinth Seal

Dara W. Childs, James E. McLean, Min Zhang et al. · Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power · 2015 · 64 citations

Engineering, Physics, Aerodynamics +12

Prediction of Dry-Friction Whirl and Whip Between a Rotor and a Stator

Dara W. Childs, Avijit Bhattacharya · Journal of vibration and acoustics · 2007 · 60 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics +16