scholarly journals Static Analysis of Finite Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing in Turbulent Regime with Non-Newtonian Lubricant

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 246-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Soni ◽  
D. P. Vakharia
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 825-837
Author(s):  
Mushrek A. Mahdi ◽  
Ahmed Waleed Hussein

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the combined effect of wear and turbulence on the performance of a hydrodynamic journal bearing operating under Newtonian and couple stress fluids (CSF). Design/methodology/approach The analysis consists of a modified Reynolds equation of incompressible thin viscous films, and the film thickness model taking into account the wear effect. The governing equation was solved numerically using the finite difference approach. Findings The effect of both the wear parameter and the local Reynolds number on the performance characteristics of bearing has been presented and discussed. The obtained results observed that the characteristics of the intact and worn bearing in turbulent and laminar have been enhanced due to the non-Newtonian fluid (CSF) effect. Also, the results display that bearing worn and the turbulent regime cannot be neglected in calculating the performance characteristics of the bearing lubricated with Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. The results achieved from this study, specify that the bearing characteristics are significantly affected by these effects. Originality/value The paper investigates the behavior of hydrodynamic bearings considering different aspects simultaneously is interesting, and the application meets the current needs of improvement in modeling hydrodynamic bearings under different conditions.


2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1/2/3/4/5/6) ◽  
pp. 251 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Prabhakaran Nair ◽  
Mohammed Shabbir Ahmed ◽  
Saed Thamer Al qahtani

Author(s):  
Alexander T. Hummel ◽  
Michael Rott ◽  
Christoph Schneider ◽  
David Kuschnertschuk ◽  
Günther Stelzner ◽  
...  

This paper presents an evaluation of various rotordynamic parameters at commercial vehicle turbochargers, which are operated supercritically in full-floating hydrodynamic journal bearing systems. The evaluation is conducted by using an experimental approach to determine the performance of the rotor-bearing-system in a real-life assembly at a hot gas test bench. This takes support stiffness, external heating and the excitation by seals, thrust bearings and gas forces into account, while Engine-specific excitation is not present. The system’s ability to carry additional unbalance load at different oil support pressures without the occurrence of mixed friction throughout a complete run-up is assessed. By executing this assessment for multiple assemblies with different bearings, rotors and oil types, the influence of main design and boundary parameters on the effective journal bearing performance of turbochargers is quantified.


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.


2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H. Jang ◽  
J. W. Yoon

This paper presents an analytical method to investigate the stability of a hydrodynamic journal bearing with rotating herringbone grooves. The dynamic coefficients of the hydrodynamic journal bearing are calculated using the FEM and the perturbation method. The linear equations of motion can be represented as a parametrically excited system because the dynamic coefficients have time-varying components due to the rotating grooves, even in the steady state. Their solution can be assumed as a Fourier series expansion so that the equations of motion can be rewritten as simultaneous algebraic equations with respect to the Fourier coefficients. Then, stability can be determined by solving Hill’s infinite determinant of these algebraic equations. The validity of this research is proved by the comparison of the stability chart with the time response of the whirl radius obtained from the equations of motion. This research shows that the instability of the hydrodynamic journal bearing with rotating herringbone grooves increases with increasing eccentricity and with decreasing groove number, which play the major roles in increasing the average and variation of stiffness coefficients, respectively. It also shows that a high rotational speed is another source of instability by increasing the stiffness coefficients without changing the damping coefficients.


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