Effect of Cylindrical Texture on Dynamic Characteristics of Journal Bearing

Abstract

Effect of cylindrical texture on dynamic characteristics of hydrodynamic journal bearing is presented in this paper. The Reynolds equation is discretized by finite difference method and solved numerically in an iterative scheme satisfying the appropriate boundary conditions. Stiffness and damping coefficients of fluid film and stability parameters are found using the first-order perturbation method for different eccentricity ratios and various texture parameters like texture depth and texture portion. From the present study, it has found that cylindrical texture exhibits better stability than plain journal bearing.