scholarly journals An Investigation into the Stability of a Rotating Shaft Supported by Journal Bearings : 1st Report, Influences of Moments of Inertia in the Case of Symmetrical Shaft

1976 ◽  
Vol 42 (360) ◽  
pp. 2345-2354
Author(s):  
Tsuneo SOMEYA
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Eftekhari ◽  
Malihe Eftekhari ◽  
Asghar Dashti Rahmatabadi

The stability of the fixed pints of a flexible rotor supported by journal bearings is investigated through the Bifurcation diagrams. In this paper the effect of nonlinear electromagnetic harmonic force is added to the simultaneous consideration of the effects of the nonlinearity in curvature and inertia, mass eccentricity and hydrodynamic forces of the journal bearings. Solution of the Reynolds equation renders the pressure distribution in the bearings. The bearing forces are found from integrating the pressure distribution on the surface of bearings. Derivation of the equations is performed using the Hamilton's principle and the nonlinearity terms are related to the eccentricity and the curvature of shaft. Primary and combination resonances are imposed to the rotor-bearing system and steady state responses show the effects of magnetic and bearing forces on the stability of amplitudes. In combination resonance, frequency of the electromagnetic load is tuned as the average of the forward and backward natural frequencies of the rotor. Existence of unstable Hopf points demonstrates that periodic, quasi-periodic and chaotic motions may be arisen in the nonlinear behavior of rotor.


2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ohseop Song ◽  
Liviu Librescu ◽  
Nam-Heui Jeong

Abstract Within this paper problems related with the vibration and stability control of circular flexible shafts spinning about their rotational axis are addressed. Due to the occurrence, as a result of the spinning speed, of gyroscopic forces in the system, the rotating shaft can experience, in some conditions, instabilities of the same nature as any nonconservative system, namely divergence and flutter instabilities. Whereas the former instability is of a static character, the latter one is of dynamic character and the results of its occurrence are catastrophic. By including collocated sending and actuating capabilities via integration in the system of piezoelectric devices and of a feedback control law, it is shown that a dramatic enhancement of both the free dynamic response and of the stability behavior from both the divergence and flutter points of view can be achieved. This implies that via the implementation of this technology an increase of the spinning speed can be achieved without the occurrence of these instabilities. Numerical simulations documenting these findings are provided and pertinent conclusions are outlined. It is also worthy to mention that the shaft is modeled as a thin-walled cylinder made of an anisotropic material and incorporating a number of non-classical features.


2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Subrata Das ◽  
Sisir Kumar Guha

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of turbulence on the stability characteristics of finite hydrodynamic journal bearing lubricated with micropolar fluid. Design/methodology/approach The non-dimensional transient Reynolds equation has been solved to obtain the non-dimensional pressure field which in turn used to obtain the load carrying capacity of the bearing. The second-order equations of motion applicable for journal bearing system have been solved using fourth-order Runge–Kutta method to obtain the stability characteristics. Findings It has been observed that turbulence has adverse effect on stability and the whirl ratio at laminar flow condition has the lowest value. Practical implications The paper provides the stability characteristics of the finite journal bearing lubricated with micropolar fluid operating in turbulent regime which is very common in practical applications. Originality/value Non-linear stability analysis of micropolar fluid lubricated journal bearing operating in turbulent regime has not been reported in literatures so far. This paper is an effort to address the problem of non-linear stability of journal bearings under micropolar lubrication with turbulent effect. The results obtained provide useful information for designing the journal bearing system for high speed applications.


2001 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 398-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Yoshimoto ◽  
S. Oshima ◽  
S. Danbara ◽  
T. Shitara

In this paper, the stability of water-lubricated, hydrostatic, conical bearings with spiral grooves for high-speed spindles is investigated theoretically and experimentally. In these bearing types, pressurized water is first fed to the inside of the rotating shaft and then introduced into spiral grooves through feeding holes located at one end of each spiral groove. Therefore, water pressure is increased due to the effect of the centrifugal force at the outlets of the feeding holes, which results from shaft rotation. In addition, water pressure is also increased by the viscous pumping effect of the spiral grooves. The stability of the proposed bearing is theoretically predicted using the perturbation method, and calculated results are compared with experimental results. It was consequently found that the proposed bearing is very stable at high speeds and theoretical predictions show good agreement with experimental data.


2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 651-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Raghunandana ◽  
B. C. Majumdar, and ◽  
R. Maiti

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of non-Newtonian lubricant on the stability of oil film journal bearings mounted on flexible support using linear perturbation technique. The model of non-Newtonian lubricant developed by Dien and Elrod is taken into consideration. The dynamic co-coefficients are calculated for different values of power law index and length to diameter ratio. These are then used to find stability margin for different support parameters to study the effect of the non-Newtonian lubricant.


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