Investigation of the radial bearing force developed during actual ship operations. Part 2: Unsteady maneuvers

2015 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 424-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Ortolani ◽  
Salvatore Mauro ◽  
Giulio Dubbioso
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2019 ◽  
pp. 116-122
Author(s):  
V. V. Stepanov ◽  
A. D. Kashtanov ◽  
S. U. Shchutsky ◽  
A. N. Agrinsky ◽  
N. I. Simonov

We consider the results of studies on the choice of material of the lower radial bearing of the pump, designed to circulate the coolant lead – bismuth. The circulation of the liquid coolant is provided by a vertical axial pump having a “long” shaft. In this design it is necessary to provide for the lower bearing the lubrication carried out with lead – bismuth coolant. Having analyzed the operating conditions of the axial pump, we decided to carry out the lower bearing in accordance with the scheme of a hydrodynamic sliding bearing. The materials of friction pairs in such a bearing must withstand the stresses arising from the operation of the pump, as well as the aggressive conditions of the coolant. Non-metallic materials – ceramics and carbon-based composite materials – were selected basing on the study of literature data for experimental research on the corrosion and heat resistance in the lead-bismuth environment. 


Author(s):  
Zhu Jun ◽  
Zhang Zhenyi ◽  
Cao Di ◽  
Du Shaotong ◽  
Guo Xiangwei ◽  
...  

Aiming at the “light wind start, light wind power generation” of vertical axis wind turbine, a new T-shaped radial passive magnetic bearing with high suspension characteristics is proposed. Passive magnetic bearings used in vertical axis wind turbines usually have small bearing capacity and difficult magnetization. The new T-shaped radial PMB can improve the radial bearing capacity, and the three magnetic rings all adopt simple axial magnetization. The new T-shaped radial PMB is combined with mechanical auxiliary bearing to form the suspension system of wind turbine. In the stable state, the suspension system can realize radial and axial stable suspension. The structure and working principle of the suspension system are briefly described. Through the finite element simulation, the characteristics of the new T-shaped radial PMB, the traditional double-ring PMB and the T-shaped PMBs are compared. Taking the high bearing capacity and high stiffness of the new T-shaped radial PMB as the optimization objective, the multi-objective optimization of the new T-shaped radial PMB was carried out by changing its geometric parameters (inner diameter, magnetization length and air gap). The research results show that: Under the same bearing capacity, the volume of the new T-shaped radial PMB is reduced by about 78.64%. Under the same volume, its bearing capacity increased by about 30.7%, and its stiffness increased by about 96.1%. After optimization, its radial bearing capacity increased to 101.38 N, and its stiffness increased to 202.76 N/mm.


Author(s):  
Samuel A. Howard

As gas foil journal bearings become more prevalent in production machines, such as small gas turbine propulsion systems and microturbines, system level performance issues must be identified and quantified in order to provide for successful design practices. Several examples of system level design parameters that are not fully understood in foil bearing systems are thermal management schemes, alignment requirements, balance requirements, thrust load balancing, and others. In order to address some of these deficiencies and begin to develop guidelines, this paper presents a preliminary experimental investigation of the misalignment tolerance of gas foil journal bearing systems. Using a notional gas foil bearing supported rotor and a laser-based shaft alignment system, increasing levels of misalignment are imparted to the bearing supports while monitoring temperature at the bearing edges. The amount of misalignment that induces bearing failure is identified and compared to other conventional bearing types such as cylindrical roller bearings and angular contact ball bearings. Additionally, the dynamic response of the rotor indicates that the gas foil bearing force coefficients may be affected by misalignment.


1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Tan ◽  
B. Yang ◽  
C. D. Mote

The vibration of a translating string, controlled through hydrodynamic bearing forces, is analyzed by the transfer function method. Interactions between the string response and the bearing film are described by the bearing impedance function. This function depends on the string translation speed, the frequency of the film thickness variation, and the spatial location of the bearings. The control system consists of the translating string, bearings, actuators and sensors, and feedback elements. An integral formulation of the controlled system response is proposed that leads to the closed-loop transfer function. The frequency response of the control system is studied in the system parameter space. The feasibility of adding active control to improve the bearing force control is also considered.


2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Miraskari ◽  
Farzad Hemmati ◽  
Mohamed S. Gadala

To determine the bifurcation types in a rotor-bearing system, it is required to find higher order derivatives of the bearing forces with respect to journal velocity and position. As closed-form expressions for journal bearing force are not generally available, Hopf bifurcation studies of rotor-bearing systems have been limited to simple geometries and cavitation models. To solve this problem, an alternative nonlinear coefficient-based method for representing the bearing force is presented in this study. A flexible rotor-bearing system is presented for which bearing force is modeled with linear and nonlinear dynamic coefficients. The proposed nonlinear coefficient-based model was found to be successful in predicting the bifurcation types of the system as well as predicting the system dynamics and trajectories at spin speeds below and above the threshold speed of instability.


Author(s):  
Samuel A. Howard

As gas foil journal bearings become more prevalent in production machines, such as small gas turbine propulsion systems and microturbines, system level performance issues must be identified and quantified in order to provide for successful design practices. Several examples of system level design parameters that are not fully understood in foil bearing systems are thermal management schemes, alignment requirements, balance requirements, thrust load balancing, and others. In order to address some of these deficiencies and begin to develop guidelines, this paper presents a preliminary experimental investigation of the misalignment tolerance of gas foil journal bearing systems. Using a notional gas foil bearing supported rotor and a laser-based shaft alignment system, increasing levels of misalignment are imparted to the bearing supports while monitoring temperature at the bearing edges. The amount of misalignment that induces bearing failure is identified and compared with other conventional bearing types such as cylindrical roller bearings and angular contact ball bearings. Additionally, the dynamic response of the rotor indicates that the gas foil bearing force coefficients may be affected by misalignment.


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