Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.30765/er.39.2.9
Evaluation of static and dynamic characteristics of hydrodynamic spiral-grooved journal bearings using the CFD
Janardhan Chander Matlapudi
Prudhvi Kanth Gunti
Datta Sriram Sigatapu
Niranjana Behera
orcid.org/0000-0003-1721-0111
; VIT University, Vellore
Abstract
inserting grooves of different cross-sections either on the journal or a bearing surface. This paper presents the prediction of load carrying capacity, stiffness, and damping coefficients of spiral-grooved bearing using the Computational Fluid dynamics (CFD) technique. The spiral grooves have been provided on the rotor surface. The error between the predicted values of these parameters using the CFD and the experimental value is low. A comparative analysis of performance has also been carried out between a grooved journal bearing and a plain journal bearing. The load carrying capacity of plain journal bearing is high when compared to spiral grooved journal bearing. At higher eccentrcity ratios, stability of a spiral-grooved journal bearing is comparatively better than a plain bearing.
Keywords
spiral-groove; load carrying capacity; stiffness coefficient; damping coefficient; CFD
Hrčak ID:
218992
URI
Publication date:
15.4.2019.
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