“…At the critical rotating speed, the amplitude of the rotor vibration increases suddenly [Inoue & Hikihara, 1998;Lawen & Flowers, 1996]. The flywheel rotor also shows the increase of the amplitude of the whirling motion at the critical rotating speed [Hikihara et al, 1997;Higasa, et al, 1993;Hull, 1997;Takahara et al, 1995Takahara et al, , 1997. Moreover, it has been reported that the flywheel rotor levitated by the magnetic bearing has four natural frequencies for the fundamental mode [Hikihara, 1995].…”