Thermal effect on stability and minimum oil film thickness of a deep/shallow pockets conical bearing
Industrial Lubrication and Tribology
ISSN: 0036-8792
Article publication date: 17 June 2020
Issue publication date: 13 November 2020
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to study the influence of thermal effect on the performance for a high-speed conical hybrid bearing including stability and minimum oil film thickness.
Design/methodology/approach
A thermal hydrodynamic (THD) model and dynamic model of single mass rigid rotor system were established by taking conical hybrid bearing with shallow and deep pockets as the research object, dynamic coefficient and stability parameters of bearing-rotor system were obtained by using finite element method (FEM) and finite difference method (FDM) to solve computational models of Reynolds equation, energy equation and viscosity-temperature equation. Minimum oil film thickness was obtained based on bearing force balance. Dynamic coefficient was compared with previous findings.
Findings
After considering thermal effect, the dimensionless critical mass decreases, a significant decrease in the instability speed, and the stability of the system decreases greatly; the minimum oil film thickness decreases because of thermal effect.
Originality/value
The thermal effect is combined with dynamic characteristics to analyze stability of the rotor system for a conical hybrid bearing. Influence of thermal effect on minimum oil film thickness is studied.
Peer review
The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-12-2019-0542/
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Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO.51575498).
Citation
Wu, N., Guo, H., Yang, S. and Zhang, S. (2020), "Thermal effect on stability and minimum oil film thickness of a deep/shallow pockets conical bearing", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 72 No. 10, pp. 1251-1257. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILT-12-2019-0542
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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