| Issue |
Mechanics & Industry
Volume 19, Number 2, 2018
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 201 | |
| Number of page(s) | 13 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/meca/2018005 | |
| Published online | 03 September 2018 | |
Regular Article
Numerical analysis and experimental research on load carrying capacity of water-lubricated tilting-pad thrust bearings
1
School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology,
Zibo, PR China
2
State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai, PR China
* e-mail: gaoqi_1118@163.com
Received:
10
August
2017
Accepted:
10
January
2018
Water-lubricated bearings are expected to be widely used because of convenience, green, safe and energy saving. The purpose of this study is to investigate the load carrying property of water-lubricated tilting-pad thrust bearings. A large amount of numerical analyses are undertaken based on computational fluid dynamics and the optimization method of pivot location and the calculation method of minimum film thickness are summarized. A thrust bearing is designed according to the numerical results and is tested by experiments. The experimental results validate the numerical method and the minimum film thickness to surface roughness ratio corresponding to the change of bearing lubrication regime from mixed lubrication to hydrodynamic lubrication is obtained.
Key words: Tilting-pad thrust bearing / water lubrication / CFD / experiment
© AFM, EDP Sciences 2018
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