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Effect of Engineered Roughness on the Performance of Journal Bearings Lubricated by Bingham Plastic Fluid Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Authors :
Nur Cahyo
P. Paryanto
Ariyana Dwiputra Nugraha
Arionmaro Simaremare
Indra Ardhanayudha Aditya
Bara Songka Laktona Siregar
Mohammad Tauviqirrahman
Source :
Lubricants, Vol 10, Iss 12, p 333 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2022.

Abstract

A journal bearing is a machine element that is used to keep the shaft rotating about its axis. The increasing demand for journal bearing applications in high-speed machines that are efficient and economical has resulted in the need for improvements to the acoustic and tribological performance of journal bearings. In order to improve the tribological and acoustic performance, this study aims to propose a novel journal bearing design by introducing a roughness condition in a specific zone of the stationary bearing surface. In addition, the impact of the application of engineered roughness on the performance of Bingham-plastic-lubricated bearings is investigated in more detail. Considering the effect of cavitation, the analysis was conducted using a 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of a journal bearing. In comparison with the Reynolds equation—which is inertialess—for lubrication analysis, the use of a 3D CFD model based on Navier–Stokes equations reflects more detailed flow characteristics. Moreover, in this work, variations in the area of surface roughness were employed, resulting in various roughness patterns on the surface of the journal bearing, so that the acoustic and tribological performances of the journal bearing were anticipated to be enhanced. The findings of this study show that under non-Newtonian lubrication of the bearing, the engineered roughness has a strong effect in altering the tribological performance. Furthermore, the well-chosen roughened surface was proven to be more pronounced in enhancing the load support and reducing the friction force. The simulation results also show that using an engineered surface has little effect on the noise of the bearing.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20754442
Volume :
10
Issue :
12
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Lubricants
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.0024cb58a1c24235a0d17c4990af22f4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants10120333