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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 54, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/abde68
Keywords
ferrofluid bearing; liquid support; magnetic field; lubrication
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51875278]
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This paper investigates the supporting capacity of a ferrofluids ring bearing, finding that the magnetic force plays a dominating role in the total supporting force. Such a liquid ring support may have potential applications for frictionless bearings or precision positioning systems.
In this paper, the supporting capacity of a ferrofluids (FFs) ring bearing is investigated experimentally and numerically. The bearing consists of a floating plate, a substrate, and a FFs ring sandwiched between them. The FFs ring is formed and restrained by applying a ring magnet below the substrate. For a FFs ring with a thickness of 0.25 mm, the maximum supporting force is about 1.78 N. Numerical analysis reveals that, compared with the Laplace force, the magnetic force plays a dominating role in the total supporting force. Such a liquid ring support may give underlying applications for frictionless bearings or precision positioning systems.
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