Power law fluid film lubrication of journal bearing with squeezing and temperature effects

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Abstract

This paper presents theoretical investigations of the rheological effects of lubricant on the performance of the Journal bearing system under steady state condition including squeezing. Runga Kutta Fehlberg method is employed to solve the Reynolds and the energy equations governing the flow of power law fluids simultaneously. Those equations are coupled due to the consistency which is a function of pressure and temperature both. The results show that this simple innovative model can reasonably calculate delta profile and hence the pressure and the temperature. The obtained results that the pressure and the temperature both increase with the power law flow index n and decrease with the increase of the squeezing parameter q. These results are found to be similar to the results available in the literature.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)73-84
Number of pages12
JournalLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
Volume12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Consistency variation of power law
  • Hydrodynamic lubrication
  • Journal bearing
  • Squeezing
  • Thermal effect

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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