Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 68 Issue 3

Effect of recess configuration on the performances of high-speed hybrid journal bearing

Qiyin Lin, Zhengying Wei, Ning Wang, Yubin Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to study the influences of recess configurations on the performances of high-speed hybrid journal bearing. Hybrid journal bearing earns increasing…

Effects of woven liners treated by LaCl3 or CeO2 solution on film formation mechanisms of self-lubricating radial spherical plain bearings

Ming Qiu, Yanwei Miao, Yingchun Li, Long Chen, Rensong Hu, Jianjun Lu

The fabric self-lubricating liners are the key factors impacting the performances of self-lubricating spherical plain bearings. The purpose of this paper is to improve the…

TEHD analysis of a bidirectional thrust bearing in a pumped storage unit

Liming Zhai, Zhengwei Wang, Yongyao Luo, Zhongjie Li

The purpose of this paper is to analyze lubrication characteristics of a bidirectional thrust bearing in a pumped storage, considering the effect of the thermal elastic…

A comparative study on simulation and experiment of oil-air lubrication unit for high speed bearing

Qunfeng Zeng, Jinhua Zhang, Jun Hong, Cheng Liu

The purpose of this paper is to design an oil-air lubrication system with low temperature rise, vibration and noise simplifies the spindle configuration. The oil-air lubrication…

The effect of turbulence on the performance of a two-lobe journal bearing lubricated with a couple stress fluid

Boualem Chetti

This paper presents an analysis of the static characteristics of two-lobe journal bearings lubricated with couple stress fluids operating in a turbulent regime. The modified…

Study of the lubrication performance of water-lubricated journal bearings with CFD and FSI method

Yanzhen Wang, Zhongwei Yin, Dan Jiang, Gengyuan Gao, Xiuli Zhang

Water lubrication is significant for its environmental friendliness. Composite journal bearing is liable to deform for the huge pressure of water film. This paper aims to study…

Simulation studies on static thermal behaviour of true elliptical and orthogonally displaced non-circular journal bearing

Amit Singla, Amit Chauhan

The current trend of modern industry is to use machineries which rotate at high speed along with the capability of carrying heavy rotor loads. This paper aims at static thermal…

Analyzing Hertzian contact stress developed in a double row spherical roller bearing and its effect on fatigue life

Dhaval B. Shah, Kaushik M. Patel, Ruchik D. Trivedi

The purpose of this paper is to describe a method permitting the creation of a realistic model of spherical roller bearing with the aim of determining contact stress and fatigue…

Factors influence the lubrication characteristics investigation and optimization of bearing based on neural network

Zhenpeng He, Wenqin Gong

This paper aims to give the guidance for the design of the bearing.

Linear stability analysis of finite hydrodynamic journal bearing under turbulent lubrication with coupled-stress fluid

Abhishek Ghosh, Sisir Kumar Guha

Several researchers have observed that to satisfy modern day’s need, it is essential to enhance the characteristics of journal bearing, which is used in numerous applications…

Theoretical research on mechanical property of rectangular oil pad in hydrostatic thrust bearing based on constant flow

Xibing Li, Tian Cheng, Ming Li, Mingjian Li, Ruren Wu, Yingsi Wan

This paper aims to research the lubrication performance of large-size rectangular oil pad in hydrostatic thrust bearing for heavy computer numerical control (CNC) vertical lathe.

Investigations on transitions of lubrication states for water lubricated bearing. Part I: determination of friction coefficients and film thickness ratios

Zhongliang Xie, Zhu-shi Rao, Na Ta, Ling Liu

This paper aims to provide efficient methods to calculate the friction coefficients and film thickness ratios in mixed lubrication (ML) regime for water lubricated bearings…

Investigations on transitions of lubrication states for water lubricated bearing. Part II: further insight into the film thickness ratio lambda

Zhongliang Xie, Zhu-shi Rao, Na Ta, Ling Liu

As the companion paper of Part I, this paper aims to get more insight into the essence of lambda and to reveal its nature and role in the transition of lubrication states. Mixed…

Prediction of fatigue limit of journal bearings considering a multi-axial stress state

Christopher Sous, Henrik Wünsch, Georg Jacobs, Christoph Broeckmann

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…