Chaotic Behaviour Investigation of a Front Opposed-Hemispherical Spiral-Grooved Air Bearing System

Figure 6

Maximum Lyapunov exponents of the rotor centre with respect to different rotor masses: (a) = 5.1, (b) 7.06, (c) 8.06, (d) 8.21, (e) 8.52, (f) 9.30, and (g) 10.76 kg.

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