Elastohydrodynamic Studies of Three-Lobe Journal Bearings with Non-Newtonian Lubricants

Abstract

A computer aided elastohydrodynamic study of the three-lobe journal bearing with non-Newtonian lubricants is presented for the static and dynamic performance characteristics. The three-dimensional momentum and continuity equations in cylindrical coordinates governing the flow of Newtonian lubricants in the clearance space of a three-lobe journal bearing have been solved using the finite element method. The non-Newtonian effect is introduced by modifying the viscosity term for the model iteratively. Three-dimensional elasticity equations are solved to obtain deformations in the bearing shell. Static and dynamic performance characteristics are presented for a wide range of values of non-dimensional load, deformation coefficient and non-linearity factor.

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