Stability of a Rigid Rotor Supported by Aerostatic Journal Bearings With Circular Slot Restrictors (On the Double-Row Admission Bearing)

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Yoshimoto ◽  
Y. Anno ◽  
T. Ohashi

This paper discusses the stability of a rigid rotor supported by double-row admission journal bearings with circular slot restrictors. In the theoretical analysis, the energy loss at the outlet of the slot is taken into account because the gas flow is subject to a rapid change in direction, and here, the energy loss coefficient is determined experimentally. It is found that a better agreement between the theoretical and experimental results for the threshold of instability can be obtained by considering the energy loss. Furthermore, in this paper, it is shown experimentally that an aerostatic journal bearing with circular slot restrictors has higher stiffness and higher stability than a conventional point source bearing with inherently compensated feeding holes.

Author(s):  
S. K. Kakoty ◽  
S. K. Laha ◽  
P. Mallik

A theoretical analysis has been carried out to determine the stability of rigid rotor supported on two symmetrical finite two-layered porous oil journal bearings. The stability curves have been drawn for different eccentricity ratios and Sommerfeld numbers. The effect of bearing feeding parameter, L/D ratio on the stability is also investigated. This paper also deals with a theoretical investigation of stability using a non-linear transient method. This analysis gives the journal centre locus and from this the system stability can be determined. With the help of graphics, several trajectories of the journal centre have been obtained for different operating conditions. Finally a comparison between single-layered porous bearing and the two-layered porous bearing is presented here.


1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. F. Li ◽  
K. C. Choy ◽  
P. E. Allaire

Multilobe journal bearings are often used to improve the stability response of rotating machinery. Such machines operate near the stability threshold of the bearing-rotor system. This work determines the linearized stability threshold of four multilobe journal bearings: elliptical, offset elliptical, three lobe, and four lobe. A nonlinear transient analysis of a rigid rotor in each of these bearings is carried out above and below the threshold speed. Shaft orbits and bearing forces are calculated. A numerical fast Fourier transform analysis is used to obtain the frequency content of the nonlinear orbit.


Author(s):  
S Pagano ◽  
E Rocca ◽  
M Russo ◽  
R Russo

The dynamic behaviour of a rigid rotor on tilting-pad journal bearings system is analysed for balanced and unbalanced rotors. The study mainly regards a two-pad journal bearing symmetric with respect to the external static load. Both linear and non-linear behaviours have been analysed, with particular reference to the stability of the journal and pads equilibrium positions in the case of balanced or slightly unbalanced rotors, and to the stability of their synchronous motions in the case of considerable unbalance.


Author(s):  
Jianbo Zhang ◽  
Han Zhao ◽  
Donglin Zou ◽  
Na Ta ◽  
Zhushi Rao

Under misalignment condition, the film thickness distribution of aerostatic journal bearings is changed comparing with condition without misalignment, which results in the change of performances of aerostatic journal bearings. In the paper, the effects of misalignment along two perpendicular directions (along the vertical direction θ y and along the horizontal direction θ x) on the dynamic coefficients and stability thresholds of both critical whirl ratio and critical inertial force calculated by the motion equation of rigid rotor-aerostatic journal bearing system are studied comparatively. The results indicate that the dynamic coefficients, critical whirl ratio, and critical inertial force are more sensitive to θ x compared with θ y. Moreover, the stability threshold of whirl ratio reduces with increasing the misalignment degree, while stability threshold of inertial force increases with increasing the misalignment degree.


1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajit Kumar Chattopadhyay ◽  
B. C. Majumdar ◽  
N. S. Rao

A theoretical analysis has been carried out to determine the stability characteristics of externally pressurized porous oil journal bearings of finite length considering the tangential velocity slip at the bearing-film interface. The stability curves have been drawn for different slip parameters, eccentricity ratios, slenderness ratios, bearing speed parameters etc.


2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Subrata Das ◽  
Sisir Kumar Guha

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of turbulence on the stability characteristics of finite hydrodynamic journal bearing lubricated with micropolar fluid. Design/methodology/approach The non-dimensional transient Reynolds equation has been solved to obtain the non-dimensional pressure field which in turn used to obtain the load carrying capacity of the bearing. The second-order equations of motion applicable for journal bearing system have been solved using fourth-order Runge–Kutta method to obtain the stability characteristics. Findings It has been observed that turbulence has adverse effect on stability and the whirl ratio at laminar flow condition has the lowest value. Practical implications The paper provides the stability characteristics of the finite journal bearing lubricated with micropolar fluid operating in turbulent regime which is very common in practical applications. Originality/value Non-linear stability analysis of micropolar fluid lubricated journal bearing operating in turbulent regime has not been reported in literatures so far. This paper is an effort to address the problem of non-linear stability of journal bearings under micropolar lubrication with turbulent effect. The results obtained provide useful information for designing the journal bearing system for high speed applications.


1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. S. Rao ◽  
B. C. Majumdar

A theoretical analysis is presented for the study of pneumatic instability for a rigid rotor supported in externally pressurized porous gas journal bearings. The analysis is based on a first-order perturbation with respect to the amplitude of dynamic displacement of rotor. The variation of threshold mass parameter with feeding parameter is shown. In addition, the effects of supply pressure, eccentricity ratio, L/D ratio, and porosity parameter are investigated and presented in the form of graphs.


1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Turaga ◽  
A. S. Sekhar ◽  
B. C. Majumdar

The subsynchronous whirl stability limit of a rigid rotor supported on two symmetrical finite journal bearings has been studied using the linearised perturbation method and the nonlinear transient analysis technique. A quantitative comparison for journal bearings with different l/d ratios has been provided.


1979 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 345-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Ghosh ◽  
B. C. Majumdar ◽  
J. S. Rao

A theoretical analysis of the steady-state and dynamic characteristics of multi-recess hybrid oil journal bearings is presented. A perturbation theory for small vibrations is used to solve an incompressible, finite journal bearing with a time-dependent term. Load capacity, attitude angle, friction parameter, stiffness and damping coefficients are evaluated for a capillary-compensated bearing.


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