Prediction of fatigue limit of journal bearings considering a multi-axial stress state
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the applicability of the quadratic failure hypothesis (QFH) on journal bearings coated with a white metal sliding layer on the prediction of safe and unsafe operating conditions. The hypothesis covers operation conditions under static and dynamical loading.
Design/methodology/approach
Material tests and elastohydrodynamic, as well as structural, simulations were conducted to provide the required input data for the failure hypothesis. Component samples were tested to verify the results of the QFH.
Findings
The load bearing capacity of journal bearings was analysed for different operating conditions by the use of the QFH. Results allow for the identification of critical and non-critical loading conditions and are in accordance with component test results.
Originality/value
Today’s design guidelines for journal bearings do not consider a multi-axial stress state and actual stress distribution. The applied hypothesis enables consideration of multiaxiality inside the sliding surface layer, as well as determining the location of bearing fatigue due to material overload.
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Acknowledgements
The research for this paper was financially supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and Forschungsvereinigung Verbrennungskraftmaschinen e.V. (FVV) in the research project JA 1940/4-1 / BR 1844/10-1 (FVV 1143). Sincere thanks to Gero Burghardt from the Institute for Machine Elements and Machine Design and Sascha Buthmann from the Institute of Material Applications in Mechanical Engineering, at RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany for their help and inspiring discussions.
Citation
Sous, C., Wünsch, H., Jacobs, G. and Broeckmann, C. (2016), "Prediction of fatigue limit of journal bearings considering a multi-axial stress state", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 68 No. 3, pp. 430-438. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILT-08-2015-0119
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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