Lubrication of a Porous Bearing—Reynolds’ Solution

1966 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 761-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. Shir ◽  
D. D. Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Reynolds Equation ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Radius Ratio ◽  
Total Load ◽  
Porous Bearing ◽  
Stress Resultant

The problem of lubrication of a journal in a porous bearing is considered. A Reynolds equation modified to accommodate mass transfer with the fluid-saturated bearing is solved, and the influence of the permeability and radius ratio of the bearing is examined. The effects of the bearing flow are such as to reduce the magnitude of the pressure and shift the maximum away from the position of minimum gap. In extreme cases, the integrated resultant of the pressure forces is so reduced as to become comparable in magnitude with the normally negligible shear stress resultant. This latter resultant has an opposing sense so that the total load capacity of the bearing is greatly reduced as a result of bearing flow.

Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Partial Porous Metal Bearings

1966 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Rhodes ◽  
W. T. Rouleau
Keyword(s):  
Series Solution ◽  
Reynolds Equation ◽  
Hydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Porous Metal ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Bearing Material ◽  
Porous Bearing ◽  
The Galerkin Method

Partial porous metal bearings are analyzed to determine their performance during steady-state operating conditions with a full film of lubricant. The pressure distribution is determined by a simultaneous solution of the two-dimensional Reynolds equation in the film region and the Laplace equation within the porous bearing material. An infinite-series solution is obtained for pressure utilizing the Galerkin method to determine coefficients. Numerical values of load capacity and coefficient of friction are presented for bearing arcs of 180, 150, and 120 deg.

Effect of Slip-Flow in Narrow Porous Bearings

1973 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. K. Murti
Keyword(s):  
Friction Force ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Reynolds Equation ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Slip Flow ◽  
Velocity Slip ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Eccentricity Ratio ◽  
Porous Bearing ◽  
Thin Walled

The experimental work of Beavers, et al., established that velocity slip takes place over a permeable boundary. The presence of slip flow is taken into account while deriving the appropriate modified Reynolds equation that governs the flow of lubricant in a finite porous bearing. The performance of a thin-walled bearing is then analyzed making use of the narrow bearing approximation. It is found that slip flow adversely affects the load capacity and reduces the friction force on the journal; the attitude angle, however, is not significantly affected. Also the analysis indicates that the effects of velocity slip are prominent when the bearing operates at a lower eccentricity ratio and/or the bearing-matrix has a low permeability.

Modified Reynolds Equation for Aerostatic Porous Radial Bearings With Quadratic Forchheimer Pressure-Flow Assumption

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Nicoletti ◽  
Zilda C. Silveira ◽  
Benedito M. Purquerio
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Equation ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Loading Capacity ◽  
Global Approach ◽  
Pressure Flow ◽  
Stiffness Coefficients ◽  
Porous Bearing ◽  
Bearing Load ◽  
Modified Reynolds Equation ◽  
Precision Machines

Aerostatic porous bearings are becoming important elements in precision machines due to their inherent characteristics. The mathematical modeling of such bearings depends on the pressure-flow assumptions that are adopted for the flow in the porous medium. In this work, one proposes a nondimensional modified Reynolds equations based on the quadratic Forchheimer assumption. In this quadratic approach, the nondimensional parameter Φ strongly affects the bearing load capacity, by defining the nonlinearity level of the system. For values of Φ>10, the results obtained with the modified Reynolds equation with quadratic Forchheimer assumption tend to those obtained with the linear Darcy model, thus showing that this is a more robust and global approach of the problem, and can be used for both pressure-flow assumptions (linear and quadratic). The threshold between linear and quadratic assumptions is numerically investigated for a bronze sintered porous bearing, and the effects of bearing geometry are discussed. Numerical results show that Φ strongly affects the bearing loading capacity and stiffness coefficients.

Lubrication of a Porous Bearing—Stokes’ Solution

1966 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 753-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. D. Joseph ◽  
L. N. Tao
Keyword(s):  
Load Capacity ◽  
Normal Component ◽  
Infinite Cylinder ◽  
Porous Space ◽  
Pressure Gradients ◽  
Porous Flow ◽  
Porous Bearing ◽  
Transverse Pressure ◽  
Stress Resultant ◽  
Compact Approximations

Coupling of flows induced by the rotation of an infinite cylinder in an eccentric cylindrical hole in a fluid-saturated porous space is investigated in the context of a coupled boundary-value problem in which the Stokes flow outside porous regions and the Darcy flow inside porous regions are connected by continuity requirements on the pressure and normal component of velocity. The configuration is used to model the effects of a thick porous bearing. The solution simplifies considerably in the Reynolds limit of small clearance, and compact approximations for the pressure distribution and other relevant physical variables are derived. It is shown that transverse pressure gradients in the lubricant which are normally neglected in the Reynolds limit do increase, but not significantly, as a result of bearing flow. It follows that candidate Reynolds’ equations may ordinarily ignore effects of transverse pressure gradients in the lubricant even when the bearing is porous. A principal effect of the porous flow on the coupled motion is a diminution of pressure differences which would develop if all solids were impermeable. Corresponding changes in the shear stress resultant, which is neglected relative to the pressure resultant in the impermeable Reynolds limit, can become dominant because of the diminished pressures which attend porous flow. For large eccentricity ratios, the shear resultant is negative, and the load capacity may fall to zero and even change sign.

Effect of Slip Flow in Narrow Porous Bearings With Arbitrary Wall Thickness

1975 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. K. Murti
Keyword(s):  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Reynolds Equation ◽  
Bessel Functions ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Slip Flow ◽  
Velocity Slip ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Bearing Material ◽  
Porous Bearing ◽  
The Galerkin Method

The experimental work of Beavers, et al., established that velocity slip takes place over a permeable boundary. The Reynolds equation governing the flow of lubricant in a finite porous bearing is appropriately modified to include the effect of velocity slip at the permeable boundary. The performance of a bearing with arbitrary wall thickness is then analyzed adopting the narrow bearing approximation. An exact solution is given for the pressure of the lubricant in the bearing material using modified Bessel functions and the modified Reynolds equation for the problem is solved by the Galerkin method. Numerical results obtained with a digital computer indicate that slip flow adversely affects the load capacity and reduces the friction force on the journal; the attitude angle, however, is not significantly affected. Also, the analysis indicates that the effects of velocity slip are prominent when the bearing operates at a higher eccentricity ratio and/or the bearing matrix has a low permeability. The results are presented in graphical and tabular forms and guidelines are outlined to enable designers in assessing bearing performance using the results.

A General Solution of Reynolds’ Equation for a Full Finite Journal Bearing

1967 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Donaldson
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Series ◽  
Series Solution ◽  
Reynolds Equation ◽  
Journal Bearing ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Separation Of Variables ◽  
Hill Equation ◽  
Eigenvalues And Eigenvectors ◽  
General Series ◽  
Bearing Load

Reynolds’ equation for a full finite journal bearing lubricated by an incompressible fluid is solved by separation of variables to yield a general series solution. A resulting Hill equation is solved by Fourier series methods, and accurate eigenvalues and eigenvectors are calculated with a digital computer. The finite Sommerfeld problem is solved as an example, and precise values for the bearing load capacity are presented. Comparisons are made with the methods and numerical results of other authors.

Static Characteristics of Gas Foil Thrust Bearing Based on Gas Rarefaction Model

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajia Yan ◽  
Guanghui Zhang ◽  
Zhansheng Liu ◽  
Fan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Optimization Design ◽  
Reynolds Equation ◽  
Thrust Bearing ◽  
Rarefied Gas ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Lubricating Film ◽  
Lift Off ◽  
Foil Thrust Bearing

A modified Reynolds equation for bump type gas foil thrust bearing was established with consideration of the gas rarefaction coefficient. Under rarefied gas lubrication, the Knudsen number which was affected by the film thickness and pressure was introduced to the Reynolds equation. The coupled modified Reynolds and lubricating film thickness equations were solved using Newton-Raphson Iterative Method and Finite Difference Method. By calculating the load capacity for increasing rotor speeds, the lift-off speed under certain static load was obtained. Parametric studies for a series of structural parameters and assembled clearances were carried out for bearing optimization design. The results indicate that with gas rarefaction effect, the axial load capacity would be decreased, and the lift-off speed would be improved. The rarefied gas has a more remarkable impact under a lower rotating speed and a smaller foil compliance coefficient. When the assembled clearance of the thrust bearing rotor system lies in a small value, the lift-off speed increases dramatically as the assembled clearance decreases further. Therefore, the axial clearance should be controlled carefully in assembling the foil thrust bearing. It’s worth noting that the linear uniform bump foil stiffness model is not exact for large foil compliance ∼0.5, especially for lift-off speed analysis, due to ignoring the interaction between bumps and bending stiffness of the foil.

Mass transfer into boundary layers for power law fluids

1979 ◽  
Vol 365 (1722) ◽  
pp. 313-326 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Boundary Value Problem ◽  
Wall Friction ◽  
Point Boundary ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations ◽  
Mass Injection ◽  
Power Law Fluids ◽  
Similarity Preserving

The boundary layer equations for the class of non-Newtonian fluids having the shear stress proportional to a power of the strain rate are considered under conditions of similarity-preserving mass transfer at the wall. The adoption of Crocco variables results in a nonlinear, two point boundary value problem for which existence, uniqueness and analyticity are established. In the case of mass injection particular attention is paid to boundary conditions corresponding to the vanishing of the wall friction and values for the (possibly non-existent) critical injection rates are exhibited.

Theoretical Study on Static Performance of Herringbone Grooved Aerodynamics Foil Bearing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZeDa Dong ◽  
Cheng Cheng ◽  
Fangcheng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Reynolds Equation ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Film Pressure ◽  
Friction Power ◽  
Foil Bearings ◽  
Bearing Load ◽  
Herringbone Grooves

Abstract In this paper, the mathematical model of herringbone grooved aerodynamic foil bearings is established, and the finite difference method is used to obtain the discretized form of Reynolds equation. The static characteristics of bearings, such as film pressure, film temperature, are obtained by solving the Reynolds equation and energy equation. The bearing load capacity and friction power consumption are obtained by calculating the film thickness and film pressure distribution in the bearing gap. The influence of the bearing operational parameters, such as eccentricity and rotation speed, and the bearing structural parameters, such as groove width, groove depth ratio, groove number and helix angle, on the bearing load capacity and friction power consumption of bearings are analyzed. The methods of improving bearing load capacity and reducing friction power consumption are obtained. Simultaneously, by comparing the bearing load capacity and friction power consumption of herringbone grooved gas foil bearings and gas foil bearings (GFBs) without herringbone grooves, the influence of herringbone grooves on the bearing performance is obtained.

Effect of non-Newtonian magneto-elastohydrodynamic on performance characteristics of slider-bearings

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 1158-1165
Author(s):  
Mouhcine Mouda ◽  
Mohamed Nabhani ◽  
Mohamed El Khlifi
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reynolds Equation ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Transverse Magnetic ◽  
Finite Width ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Slider Bearings ◽  
First Time

Purpose This study aims to examine the magneto-elastohydrodynamic effect on finite-width slider-bearings lubrication using a non-Newtonian lubricant. Design/methodology/approach Based on the magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) theory and Stokes micro-continuum mechanics, the modified two-dimensional Reynolds equation including bearing deformation was derived. Findings It is found that the bearing deformation diminishes the load-capacity and increases the friction coefficient in comparison with the rigid case. However, the non-Newtonian effect increases load-capacity but decreases the friction coefficient. Moreover, the use of a transverse magnetic field increases both the friction coefficient and load capacity. Originality/value This study combines for the first time MHD and elastic deformation effects on finite-width slider-bearings using a non-Newtonian lubricant.

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