The Effect of Surface Roughness on Thermohydrodynamic Performance in Misaligned Journal Bearings

     In this work an approach has been developed to investigate the influence of surface roughness on thermohydrodynamic performance in aligned and misaligned journal bearings by considering an average flow model and deriving the shear flow factor for various roughness configurations, similar to th...

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Autores principales: Basim Ajeel Abass, Mustafa Mohammed K.
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Publicado: Al-Khwarizmi College of Engineering – University of Baghdad 2010
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9abc11928d1a4b229a963e065273e8732021-12-02T08:06:05ZThe Effect of Surface Roughness on Thermohydrodynamic Performance in Misaligned Journal Bearings1818-11712312-0789https://doaj.org/article/9abc11928d1a4b229a963e065273e8732010-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://alkej.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/alkej/article/view/503https://doaj.org/toc/1818-1171https://doaj.org/toc/2312-0789      In this work an approach has been developed to investigate the influence of surface roughness on thermohydrodynamic performance in aligned and misaligned journal bearings by considering an average flow model and deriving the shear flow factor for various roughness configurations, similar to the pressure flow factor. An average Reynolds equation for rough surfaces is defined in term of pressure and shear flow factors, which can be obtained by numerical flow simulation, though the use of measured or numerically generated rough surfaces. Reynolds, heat conduction and energy equations are solved simultaneously by using a suitable numerical technique (Finite Difference Method) to obtain the pressure and temperature distribution through the oil film thickness of the journal bearing. These equations are obtained for isotropic surfaces and for surfaces with directional patterns. The flow factors for these surfaces are expressed as empirical relations in term of normalized oil film thickness (h/σ) and surface characteristic (γ) defined as the ratio of x and z correlation lengths . The results of this approach showed increase in load carrying capacity and maximum pressure and decrease in maximum temperature in the case of stationary surface roughness (rough bearing and smooth journal) with transverse pattern. The results obtained through this work have been compared with that published by other works and found to be in a good agreement.   Basim Ajeel AbassMustafa Mohammed K.Al-Khwarizmi College of Engineering – University of BaghdadarticleChemical engineeringTP155-156Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)TA1-2040ENAl-Khawarizmi Engineering Journal, Vol 6, Iss 3 (2010)
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topic Chemical engineering
TP155-156
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
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TP155-156
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Basim Ajeel Abass
Mustafa Mohammed K.
The Effect of Surface Roughness on Thermohydrodynamic Performance in Misaligned Journal Bearings
description      In this work an approach has been developed to investigate the influence of surface roughness on thermohydrodynamic performance in aligned and misaligned journal bearings by considering an average flow model and deriving the shear flow factor for various roughness configurations, similar to the pressure flow factor. An average Reynolds equation for rough surfaces is defined in term of pressure and shear flow factors, which can be obtained by numerical flow simulation, though the use of measured or numerically generated rough surfaces. Reynolds, heat conduction and energy equations are solved simultaneously by using a suitable numerical technique (Finite Difference Method) to obtain the pressure and temperature distribution through the oil film thickness of the journal bearing. These equations are obtained for isotropic surfaces and for surfaces with directional patterns. The flow factors for these surfaces are expressed as empirical relations in term of normalized oil film thickness (h/σ) and surface characteristic (γ) defined as the ratio of x and z correlation lengths . The results of this approach showed increase in load carrying capacity and maximum pressure and decrease in maximum temperature in the case of stationary surface roughness (rough bearing and smooth journal) with transverse pattern. The results obtained through this work have been compared with that published by other works and found to be in a good agreement.  
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