Computational fluid dynamics-based investigation of the static and dynamic characteristic of hydrostatic bearing with nanolubricant: A theoretical method

Abstract

The objective of this work is to study the characteristics of the hydrostatic bearing with nanolubricant. To investigate the effect of nanoparticle additives on the performance of hydrostatic bearings, a coupled heat transfer finite-element model of the hydrostatic bearing is developed, and the results of the static and dynamic performance of the hydrostatic bearing with lubricant and nanolubricant are evaluated based on computational fluid dynamics methods at different eccentricity ratios. The results show that the rotation error of the bearing–rotor system is reduced by using nanolubricant at a high eccentricity ratio.