Abstract

The effect of the texturing region on the static and dynamic characteristics of partially textured bearings, of which the texturing area is limited on the bearing surface in the circumferential direction, were investigate theoretically. The load carrying capacity and stiffness and damping coefficients of some partially textured journal bearings with the different textured region were calculated by using a numerical model considering the effects of both fluid inertia and energy loss at the edges of the dimples. The results showed that when the surface texturing was formed in the unloaded region of the journal bearing surface, the load carrying capacity maintains as much as the smooth bearing for a wide range of Sommerfeld number. The linear stability threshold speeds of a symmetrical rigid rotor supported in two identical textured bearings was also calculated with the dynamic coefficients of the oil film. The results obtained showed that when the texture region starts from 270° from the top of the bearing in the rotating direction, the stability threshold speeds are higher than those of the fully textured bearing at relatively high Sommerfeld number. From these results, it was concluded that an appropriate partial texturing formed on the bearing surface can improve both the load carrying capacity and the stability characteristics simultaneously.

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