CFD ANALYSIS OF THE HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION OF A MISALIGNED, SLIDE CONICAL BEARING
Journal Title: Tribologia - Year 2016, Vol 268, Issue 4
Abstract
The lateral loads carried by hydrodynamic bearings, and also their uneven distribution, introduce an additional axial misalignment between the shaft and sleeve. The machining and mounting errors also result in improper initial alignment of bearing shaft or sleeve. Furthermore, due to vibrations, misalignment of shaft fluctuates during the operation of the bearing. This has an impact on the operating parameters of the bearing, and, in extreme cases, where the maximum allowable value of the misalignment is exceeded, the bearing can be damaged. The aim of this work is to investigate the effect of misalignment on the hydrodynamic pressure distribution in the conical sliding bearing lubrication gap and on the bearing load carrying capacity and friction force values. This paper shows the result of a CFD simulation of hydrodynamic conical bearings lubrication with the assumption that the bearings are misaligned, i.e. where the rotation axis of bearing shaft is not parallel to the axis of the cone of the bearing sleeve. The commercial CFD software ANSYS Fluent was used in this research. It was assumed that the flow of lubricating oil is laminar, without slipping on bearing surfaces, and that the oil has non-Newtonian properties.<br/><br/>
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Adam CZABAN
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