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TRIBOLOGY TRANSACTIONS
Volume 65, Issue 3, Pages 457-478Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2022.2050967
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MR lubricant; surface irregularities; spherical hybrid thrust bearing; rheology
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This article presents the finite element modeling of a spherical hybrid thrust bearing, considering the influence of three-dimensional surface irregularities and magnetorheological lubricant behavior. The study shows that by considering the surface irregularities and operating with MR fluid, the performance of the bearing is improved, but this improvement comes at the cost of power loss due to viscous friction.
This article describes the finite element modeling of a spherical hybrid thrust bearing (SHTB), taking into account the influence of three-dimensional surface irregularities and magnetorheological (MR) lubricant behavior. The rheological behavior of MR lubricant was described using the Herschel-Bulkley model, and the yield shear stress relationship of MR fluid was expressed using the asymmetrical sigmoidal function. The finite-element method (FEM) is used to solve the governing Reynolds equation for an irregular surfaced SHTB configuration along with the orifice restrictor equation. The findings of the study indicate that the performance of the SHTB is improved by considering the three-dimensional (3-D) surface irregularities and operating with MR fluid at the expense of power loss due viscous friction. The percentage increase in the value of dynamic coefficients ((S) over bar) and ((C) over bar) due to the coupled effect of MR fluid and three-dimensional surface irregularity ((h) over bar (a) = 0.125) on the spherical hybrid thrust bearing is of the order of 52.37% and 71.22%, respectively, at epsilon(y) = 0 and I = 2A.
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