The utility model belongs to the technical field of air bearings, and particularly relates to an
air bearing and a rotating
machine. The
air bearing comprises an installation part and a
cooling pipe, the installation part is used for installing a supporting part capable of supporting a top foil, the supporting part is made of
shape memory alloy, the
cooling pipe is correspondingly arranged on one side of the installation part and can penetrate through the supporting part, and multiple sets of cooling holes distributed at intervals in the axial direction of the
cooling pipe are formed in the cooling
pipe. Each group of cooling holes comprises a plurality of sub-holes which are distributed at intervals in the circumferential direction of the cooling
pipe, and in the arrangement direction between the mounting piece and the cooling
pipe, the sub-holes located in the side, close to the mounting piece, of the cooling pipe and the mounting piece are arranged in a staggered mode. By adopting the
air bearing provided by the embodiment of the invention, the cooling gas can be dispersed more uniformly, so that the supporting piece is uniformly cooled, the supporting piece is recovered to the original shape to stably support the top foil, and the rigidity performance of the air bearing is optimized.