Nonlinear Simulation of Rotor Dynamics Coupled with Journal and Thrust Bearing Dynamics under Nonlinear Suspension

Abstract

This study performs a dynamic analysis of a rotor supported by an oil-film journal and thrust bearings. The analysis of the rotor-bearing system is investigated under the assumptions of an incompressible lubricant, a flexible rotor, and negligible side leakage in the thrust bearing. The numerical results show that the nonlinear dynamics of the system vary with the nondimensional speed ratio and the initial value of the displacements in the horizontal, vertical, and axial directions. Specifically, some routes of periodic responses, subharmonic motions into chaos, out of chaos to subharmonic responses, or suddenly into chaos, suddenly out of chaos to periodic ones were found.