Abstract
Although the spiral grooved opposed-hemisphere gas bearings have been widely applied in supporting the spin axis of inertial grade gyroscopes, the accurate prediction of the performance characteristics of the bearings is still very difficult because of their structural complexity. In this paper, the static characteristics of the bearings considering the coupling effects between the journal and two hemisphere bearings are obtained theoretically. The Reynolds equations modeling the journal and hemisphere bearings are solved simultaneously by the finite element method satisfying the continuous boundary conditions between these three bearings. The fluctuations of the bearing load and reaction torque caused by rotating grooves are shown and can be neglected at large number of grooves. The results show that neglecting the coupling effects between the journal and two hemisphere bearings will result in large discrepancies at high rotational speeds and large eccentricity ratios. And the hydrodynamic effect can be divided into two regions for spiral grooved gas bearings: the groove effect domain region and the converged wedge effect domain region. A parametric study provides efficient guidance for the optimal design of the opposed-hemisphere gas bearing.
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