i) What is hydrostatic bearing?

What are its advantages over hydrodynamic

bearing? [5]
ii) For a hydrostatic step bearing, derive the expression:

where,

Q is volume flow rate of lubricant,

Pi is supply pressure of lubricant,

ho is fluid film thickness,

Ro and Ri are outer radius and radius of recess of shaft respectively and

is absolute viscosity of lubricant. [10]