Abstract
In the frequent start-up process of aerodynamic bearings, contact easily occurs between journal and bearing bush. In this research, novel hybrid metal rubber-bump foil bearings (MR-BFBs) were proposed. Based on rough surface contact and ultra-thin film lubrication theory, we studied the start-up performances of MR-BFBs. The results showed that the changes in both RSm and Ra caused great changes in the parameters pmax and A0. The increased start-up times led to a decrease in the load ratio Wc/W0 and the total friction coefficient, and an increase in both the linear velocity, the gas film pressure and the minimum gas film thickness. With the increase in the composite roughness, both the critical rotation speed and start-up time exhibited an upward trend.
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