The Hybrid Isothermal Air Lubricated Journal Bearing

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 444-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Kamala
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Order Perturbation ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Eccentricity Ratio ◽  
Small Eccentricity ◽  
First Order ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
First Order Perturbation

This paper analyzes the load-carrying capacity of the hybrid air lubricated journal bearing. Assuming a small eccentricity ratio, a first order perturbation solution is obtained. The air is fed to the bearing through inherent restrictor with feeding holes distributed around the circumference in one, two, and three feeding planes (Fig. 1). The number of feeding holes in each plane is sufficiently large to permit the feeding planes being treated as the line sources. The results are given for the load-carrying capacity and the attitude angle. A comparative study is made of the three types of gas feeding arrangements.

The Hydrostatic Gas Journal Bearing With Journal Rotation and Vibration

1964 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Lund
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Restricted Feeding ◽  
Eccentricity Ratio ◽  
Small Vibration ◽  
Small Eccentricity ◽  
First Order ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Gas Journal Bearing

This paper analyzes the load-carrying capacity of the externally pressurized gas journal bearing, including the effect of journal rotation and vibration. The analysis assumes small eccentricity ratio and small vibration amplitude such that a first-order perturbation solution is obtained. The gas is fed to the bearing through orifice-restricted feeding holes around the circumference in one or two feeding planes. The number of feeding holes is sufficiently large to permit treating the feeding planes as line sources. Results are given for the load-carrying capacity and the attitude angle.

The Effects of Geometric Irregularities of Journals on the Performance of Porous Bearings

1994 ◽  
Vol 208 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
T S Chennabasavan ◽  
R Raman
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Eccentricity Ratio ◽  
Attitude Angle ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Permeability Variation ◽  
Very High

In the theoretical analysis of porous bearings the journal has so far been assumed to be ideal, that is perfectly cylindrical. In the present analysis the geometric irregularities of the journal, such as circumferential undulations and barrel/bellmouth shapes, are taken into account. The permeability variation along the length of the bearing as found in commercial bearings has also been taken into account. The present analysis reveals that, at the critical Sommerfeld number, the friction is very low compared to the very high value for an ideal journal. The present analysis also reveals that the friction and the attitude angle are lower for any Sommerfeld number and that the load-carrying capacity is lower for any eccentricity ratio than that for an ideal journal.

Analysis of Pneumatic Instability of Externally Pressurized Porous Gas Journal Bearings

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. S. Rao ◽  
B. C. Majumdar
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Mass Parameter ◽  
Journal Bearings ◽  
Order Perturbation ◽  
Rigid Rotor ◽  
Eccentricity Ratio ◽  
Dynamic Displacement ◽  
First Order ◽  
Supply Pressure ◽  
First Order Perturbation

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.

The Granular Lubricated Journal Bearing: Evidence of Lift Formation

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Venkata K. Jasti ◽  
Martin C. Marinack ◽  
Deepak Patil ◽  
C. Fred Higgs
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Granular Flow ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Hydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Granular Flows ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Load Carrying

This work demonstrates that granular flows (i.e., macroscale, noncohesive spheres) entrained into an eccentrically converging gap can indeed actually exhibit lubrication behavior as prior models postulated. The physics of hydrodynamic lubrication is quite well understood and liquid lubricants perform well for conventional applications. Unfortunately, in certain cases such as high-speed and high-temperature environments, liquid lubricants break down making it impossible to establish a stable liquid film. Therefore, it has been previously proposed that granular media in sliding convergent interfaces can generate load carrying capacity, and thus, granular flow lubrication. It is a possible alternative lubrication mechanism that researchers have been exploring for extreme environments, or wheel-regolith traction, or for elucidating the spreadability of additive manufacturing materials. While the load carrying capacity of granular flows has been previously demonstrated, this work attempts to more directly uncover the hydrodynamic-like granular flow behavior in an experimental journal bearing configuration. An enlarged granular lubricated journal bearing (GLJB) setup has been developed and demonstrated. The setup was made transparent in order to visualize and video capture the granular collision activity at high resolution. In addition, a computational image processing program has been developed to process the resulting images and to noninvasively track the “lift” generated by granular flow during the journal bearing operation. The results of the lift caused by granular flow as a function of journal rotation rate are presented as well.

Static characteristics of misaligned multiple axial groove water-lubricated bearing in the turbulent regime

2016 ◽  
Vol 231 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravindra Mallya ◽  
Satish B Shenoy ◽  
Raghuvir Pai
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Turbulent Regime ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Static Characteristics ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Turbulence Effects

The static characteristics of misaligned three-axial water-lubricated journal bearing in the turbulent regime are analyzed for groove angles 36° and 18°. Ng and Pan’s turbulence model is applied to study the turbulence effects in the journal bearing. The static parameters such as load-carrying capacity, friction coefficient, and side leakage are found for different degree of misalignment (DM). The change in flow regime of the lubricant from laminar to turbulent and the increase in misalignment, improved the load capacity of the bearing. For lightly loaded bearings, the friction coefficient of the bearing increased with the increase in Reynolds number.

Partially Textured Slider and Journal Bearing Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. V. V. L. N. Rao ◽  
A. M. A. Rani ◽  
T. Nagarajan ◽  
F. M. Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Coefficient Of Friction ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Bearing Analysis

The present study examines the influence of partial texturing of bearing surfaces on improvement in load capacity and reduction in friction coefficient for slider and journal bearing. The geometry of partially textured slider and journal bearing considered in this work composed of a number of successive regions of groove and land configurations. The nondimensional pressure expressions for the partially textured slider and journal bearing are derived taking into consideration of texture geometry and extent of partial texture. Partial texturing has a potential to generate load carrying capacity and reduce coefficient of friction, even for nominally parallel bearing surfaces.

The Influence of Fluid Inertia on the Dynamic Properties of Journal Bearings

1975 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Reinhardt ◽  
J. W. Lund
Keyword(s):  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Journal Bearings ◽  
Graphical Form ◽  
Inertial Forces ◽  
Virtual Mass ◽  
Fluid Inertia ◽  
Eccentricity Ratio ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Perturbation

Based on a first-order perturbation solution in a modified Reynolds number an analysis is presented to determine the effect of the fluid film inertial forces on the dynamic properties of a journal bearing. The corrections to the regular amplitude and velocity coefficients are found to be small, but the accompanying acceleration coefficients which may correspond to a virtual mass of several times the mass of the journal itself, could become significant for short rotors. Numerical results are given in graphical form with dimensionless coefficients as functions of the operating eccentricity ratio.

SEARCH FOR THE MOST USEFUL GEOMETRY OF AN ACOUSTIC JOURNAL BEARING

Tribologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 273 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafał GAWARKIEWICZ
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Squeeze Film ◽  
Acoustic Levitation ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Load Carrying

Computer simulations of a number of journal bearing’s geometries utilising acoustic levitation were carried out. The choice of the best geometry depended on the ability of a deformed shape, created by piezo-electric elements, to facilitate squeeze film ultrasonic levitation, and also to create three evenly distributed diverging aerodynamic gaps. Deformations of analysed variants of the bearing’s shape were generated by numerical simulations utilising the finite element method. For the chosen shapes of geometry, prototype bearings were made and their usefulness verified experimentally. As a result, the bearing with the highest load carrying capacity was identified.

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