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Thermal effect on stability and minimum oil film thickness of a deep/shallow pockets conical bearing

Ningning Wu (School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China)
Hong Guo (School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China)
Shuai Yang (School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China)
Shaolin Zhang (School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China)

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

ISSN: 0036-8792

Article publication date: 17 June 2020

Issue publication date: 13 November 2020

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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

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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