Effect of Thermal Boundary Condition on Tilting Pad Journal Bearing Behavior
This research presents the effect of the thermal boundary condition on the tilting pad journal bearing characteristics. The thermal boundary condition includes the temperature around the bearing pad, spinning journal, and lubricant supply temperature. Change in bearing performance according to the t...
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doaj-258ba49a5f7a410d8c357fb82fa5947e2020-11-25T03:52:06ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-10-01107540754010.3390/app10217540Effect of Thermal Boundary Condition on Tilting Pad Journal Bearing BehaviorJunho Suh0Changwon Kim1Je-Heon Han2School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, KoreaDaegu Research Center for Medical Devices and Rehabilitation, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daegu 42994, KoreaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University, 237. Sangidaehak-ro, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do 15073, KoreaThis research presents the effect of the thermal boundary condition on the tilting pad journal bearing characteristics. The thermal boundary condition includes the temperature around the bearing pad, spinning journal, and lubricant supply temperature. Change in bearing performance according to the temperature around each element constituting the bearing was analyzed without paying attention to how the actual thermal boundary conditions around the bearing are configured. High fidelity numerical model of tilting pad journal bearing is presented for (1) the analysis of heat generation in the thin film, (2) heat transfer in the lubricant, (3) heat flux flowing into the journal and pad, (4) temperature change in the journal and bearing, (5) the resultant thermal deformation, (6) change in the lubricant film thickness arising from the thermal deformation of journal and bearing pads, and (7) the resulting change in the heat generation in the thin film. To reach the steady state of the bearing–journal system, the Runge–Kutta scheme with adaptive time step is adopted where the dynamic and thermal system are solved simultaneously in multi-physics model. Performance change of the bearing according to three changes: (a) boundary temperature around shaft, (b) boundary temperature around bearing pads, and (c) lubricant supply temperature were investigated.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/21/7540tilting pad journal bearingthermal boundary conditiontemperaturethermal deformationthermo-hydrodynamic lubrication |
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Effect of Thermal Boundary Condition on Tilting Pad Journal Bearing Behavior |
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Effect of Thermal Boundary Condition on Tilting Pad Journal Bearing Behavior |
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Effect of Thermal Boundary Condition on Tilting Pad Journal Bearing Behavior |
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Effect of Thermal Boundary Condition on Tilting Pad Journal Bearing Behavior |
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Effect of Thermal Boundary Condition on Tilting Pad Journal Bearing Behavior |
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effect of thermal boundary condition on tilting pad journal bearing behavior |
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This research presents the effect of the thermal boundary condition on the tilting pad journal bearing characteristics. The thermal boundary condition includes the temperature around the bearing pad, spinning journal, and lubricant supply temperature. Change in bearing performance according to the temperature around each element constituting the bearing was analyzed without paying attention to how the actual thermal boundary conditions around the bearing are configured. High fidelity numerical model of tilting pad journal bearing is presented for (1) the analysis of heat generation in the thin film, (2) heat transfer in the lubricant, (3) heat flux flowing into the journal and pad, (4) temperature change in the journal and bearing, (5) the resultant thermal deformation, (6) change in the lubricant film thickness arising from the thermal deformation of journal and bearing pads, and (7) the resulting change in the heat generation in the thin film. To reach the steady state of the bearing–journal system, the Runge–Kutta scheme with adaptive time step is adopted where the dynamic and thermal system are solved simultaneously in multi-physics model. Performance change of the bearing according to three changes: (a) boundary temperature around shaft, (b) boundary temperature around bearing pads, and (c) lubricant supply temperature were investigated. |
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tilting pad journal bearing thermal boundary condition temperature thermal deformation thermo-hydrodynamic lubrication |
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