Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, DTU – Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract
Gas journal bearings have been increasingly adopted in modern turbo-machinery applications as they meet the demands of operation at high rotational speeds, in clean environment, and with great efficiency. Due to the fact that gaseous lubricants, typically air, have much lower viscosity than more conventional oils, carrying capacity and dynamic characteristics of passive systems are generally poorer. In order to enhance these characteristics, one solution is used to combine the aerodynamic effect with the addition of external pressurization. This study presents a detailed mathematical model for hybrid lubrication of a compressible fluid-film journal bearing. Additional forces are generated by injecting pressurized air into the bearing gap through orifices located on the bearing walls. A modified form of the compressible Reynolds equation for active lubrication is derived. By solving this equation, stiffness and damping coefficients can be determined. A multibody dynamics model of a global system comprised of rotor and hybrid journal bearing is built in order to study the lateral dynamics of the system. Campbell diagrams and stability maps are presented, showing the main advantages and drawbacks of this special kind of hybrid fluid-film bearing.
Subject
Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Surfaces and Interfaces,Mechanical Engineering
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