Surface Roughness Effects in Infinitely Long Porous Journal Bearings

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Gururajan ◽  
J. Prakash

Christensen’s stochastic theory of hydrodynamic lubrication of rough surfaces is used to study the effect of surface roughness in an infinitely long porous journal bearing operating under steady conditions. It is shown that the surface roughness considerably influences the bearing performance; the direction of the influence depends on the roughness type.

1982 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Prakash ◽  
K. Tiwari

The paper considers the surface roughness effects in hydrodynamic porous bearings. On the basis of stochastic theory of hydrodynamic lubrication of rough surfaces developed by Christensen, different forms of Reynolds type equations, as applicable to a general porous bearings are derived for various types of surface roughness pattern. To illustrate the functional effects of surface roughness on the operating characteristics of a porous bearing, the case of nonrotating circular plates in normal approach is analyzed. It is shown that surface roughness may considerably influence the operating characteristics of porous bearings. The direction of the influence, however, depends upon the type of roughness assumed.


1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Prakash ◽  
K. Tiwari

The stochastic theory of hydrodynamic lubrication of rough surfaces is used to study the effect of surface roughness on the response of a squeeze film between two circular plates when one plate has a porous facing. An exact solution is given for the film pressure and pressure in the bearing matrix, valid for arbitrary wall thickness. The results are presented in tabular form and a comparison is made with an earlier approximate analysis to determine the range of influencing parameters for which the approximate solution is acceptable.


1971 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Christensen ◽  
K. Tonder

The paper describes a theoretical analysis of the effects of surface roughness in a finite width bearing. The analysis is based upon a stochastic theory of hydrodynamic lubrication developed previously. It is shown how the effect of surface roughness on the bearing characteristics is closely tied up with features of nominal geometry as well as with operational factors.


1999 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 472-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Gururajan ◽  
J. Prakash

This paper examines the effect of surface roughness in hydrodynamic narrow porous journal bearings operating under steady conditions. The problem is formulated mathematically and solved analytically with appropriate boundary conditions. It is shown that the results are significantly different than those for the case of an infinitely long journal bearing. [S0742-4787(00)00602-0]


2006 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 176-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.M. Bujurke ◽  
N.B. Naduvinamani ◽  
Syeda Tasneem Fathima ◽  
S.S. Benchalli

Author(s):  
M. Eaddy ◽  
W. H. Melbourne ◽  
J. Sheridan

The problem of flow-induced vibration has been studied extensively. However, much of this research has focused on the smooth cylinder to gain an understanding of the mechanisms that cause vortex-induced vibration. In this paper results of an investigation of the effect of surface roughness on the cross-wind forces are presented. Measurements of the sectional RMS fluctuating lift forces and the axial correlation of the pressures for Reynolds numbers from 1 × 105 to 1.4 × 106 are given. It was found that surface roughness significantly increased the axial correlation of the pressures to similar values found at high subcritical Reynolds numbers. There was little effect of the surface roughness on the sectional lift forces. The improved correlation of the vortex shedding means rough cylinders will be subject to larger cross-wind forces and an increased possibility of vortex-induced vibration compared to smooth cylinders.


The hydrodynamic lubrication of rough surfaces is analysed with the Reynolds equation, whose application requires the roughness spacing to be large, and the roughness height to be small, compared with the thick­ness of the fluid film. The general two-dimensional surface roughness is considered, and results applicable to any roughness structure are obtained. It is revealed analytically that two types of term contribute to roughness effects: one depends on the shape of the autocorrelation function and the other does not. The former contribution was neglected by previous workers. The numerical computation of an example shows that these two contributions are comparable in magnitude.


2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan H. Andersen ◽  
Hiroyuki Sada ◽  
Seiji Yamajo

This paper presents the results of an investigation into the theoretical and experimental performance of oil lubricated journal bearings. DNV has developed a new calculation tool for the analysis of journal bearing performance as part of shaft alignment analysis. The results of the calculation tool have been compared to other research and analysis methods under static and dynamic conditions. In addition, white metal bearings were tested with decreasing Sommerfeld number until loss of hydrodynamic lubrication. The experiments were carried out in a bearing test rig and with three different lubricants, normal mineral oil, emulsifying oil, and water-soluble oil. The tests were done with increasing water content in the lubricant. Results from the test were compared with calculation using the DNV analysis tool.


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