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Numerical Analysis of Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing Under Transient Dynamic Conditions
Numerical Analysis of Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing Under Transient Dynamic Conditions
In this section a numerical solution of two dimen- A developed view of the bearing is shown in
sional Reynolds equations for a finite journal bearing is Fig. 2. The area is divided into a number of mesh sizes
given. ( x z) and using central difference quotients
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2
pi +1, j 2 pij + pi 1, j D pi , j +1 2 pi , j 1 + pi , j 1 sini pi +1, j pi 1, j sini
+ 3 = (4)
( ) ( )
2 2 3
L z
hi 2 hi
where Pi,j is the pressure at any mesh point (i,j); hi is the is the numerical coordinate system.
film thickness at any point (i,j); Pi+1,j, Pi-1,j, Pi,j+1, and Pi,j-1 Simplifying Eq. (4) for Pi,j gives
are pressures at the four adjacent points; i=2()i/D, (i,j)
2
D
2
( )
Pi +1, j + Pi 1, j + ( )
Pi , j +1 + Pi , j 1
2
L z 2
Pi , j = 2 1 + ( D / L ) (5)
( )
3 Pi +1, j + Pi 1, j ( ) sin + sini ( )2 z
2 hi
i 3
hi
3 p 3 p dh h
h + h = 6r + (6)
x x z z dx
and
2
12 R
= (7)
Pa C
p 2 pi , j + pi 1, j D 2 pi +1, j 2 pi , j + pi 1, j
h3 i +1, j + +
2 L z 2
t
hin, +j 1 = + hi , j (9)
hi +1, j hi 1, j pi 1, j
2 i +1, j
p
+ 3h 6r
2 2
For this problem, a grid of about 60 points has ness with respect to time.
been picked and the equation has been solved by using
Matlab program. For the first time step, the boundary con- 3. Results and discussions
ditions for film thickness h assumed to be C/2 and pressure
(p) values are initialized to get the film thickness. The first Investigations on the transient dynamic behav-
time step film thickness h values are substituted in Eq. (5). ior of an oil lubricated journal bearing have been carried
The new pressure distribution has been obtained for first out by employing the aforesaid methodology. The results
time step. The process has been repeated to different time obtained for a bearing with the following parameters are
steps to get dynamic pressure distribution, and film thick- presented here: journal diameter D = 100 mm; journal
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Fig. 10 Film thickness with respect to 1 rpm Fig. 13 Film thickness with respect to 4 rpm
5. Conclusions
References
M. Senthil Kumar, P.R. Thyla, E. Anbarasu nal bearing has been developed. The nonlinearity of the oil
film pressure significantly complicates the task of solving
HIDRODINAMINI GUOLI SKAITINIS the time-dependent Reynolds equation. Also, the simula-
TYRIMAS PEREINAMAJAME tion results obtained using the proposed method for the
pressure distribution, oil film thickness for static and dy-
DINAMINIAME REIME namic conditions have been presented. Some brief conclu-
sions drawn are also given.
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