Internal Damper Characteristics of Rotor System with Submerged ER Fluid Journal Bearing

Electro-Rheological (ER) fluid behavior is similar to Bingham fluid’ s. Only when the shear stress magnitude of ER fluid exceeds the yield stress, Newtonian flow results. Continuous shear strain rate equation about shear stress which simulates Bingham-like fluid shows viscosity variations. Shear yie...

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Main Authors: Siyoul Jang, John A. Tichy
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 1997-01-01
Series:International Journal of Rotating Machinery
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1023621X97000079
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description Electro-Rheological (ER) fluid behavior is similar to Bingham fluid’ s. Only when the shear stress magnitude of ER fluid exceeds the yield stress, Newtonian flow results. Continuous shear strain rate equation about shear stress which simulates Bingham-like fluid shows viscosity variations. Shear yield stress is controlled by electric fields. Electric fields in circumferential direction around the journal are also changeable because of gap distance. These values make changes of spring and damping coefficients of journal bearings compared to Newtonian flow case. Implicit viscosity variation effects according to shear strain rates of fluid are included in generalized Reynolds' equation for submerged journal bearing. Fluid film pressure and perturbation pressures are solved using switch function of Elord's algorithm for cavitation boundary condition. Spring and damping coefficients are obtained for several parameters that determine the characteristics of ER fluids under a certain electric field. From these values stability region for simple rotor-bearing system is computed. It is found that there are no big differences in load capacities with the selected electric field parameters at low eccentric region and higher electric field can support more load with stability at low eccentric region.
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spelling doaj-art-55ce95e064104911bc4ff8264b4926f62025-08-20T02:04:55ZengWileyInternational Journal of Rotating Machinery1023-621X1997-01-0131617110.1155/S1023621X97000079Internal Damper Characteristics of Rotor System with Submerged ER Fluid Journal BearingSiyoul Jang0John A. Tichy1Lab. for Manufacturing and Productivity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, MA, USADept. of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, and Aeronautical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy 12180-3590, NY, USAElectro-Rheological (ER) fluid behavior is similar to Bingham fluid’ s. Only when the shear stress magnitude of ER fluid exceeds the yield stress, Newtonian flow results. Continuous shear strain rate equation about shear stress which simulates Bingham-like fluid shows viscosity variations. Shear yield stress is controlled by electric fields. Electric fields in circumferential direction around the journal are also changeable because of gap distance. These values make changes of spring and damping coefficients of journal bearings compared to Newtonian flow case. Implicit viscosity variation effects according to shear strain rates of fluid are included in generalized Reynolds' equation for submerged journal bearing. Fluid film pressure and perturbation pressures are solved using switch function of Elord's algorithm for cavitation boundary condition. Spring and damping coefficients are obtained for several parameters that determine the characteristics of ER fluids under a certain electric field. From these values stability region for simple rotor-bearing system is computed. It is found that there are no big differences in load capacities with the selected electric field parameters at low eccentric region and higher electric field can support more load with stability at low eccentric region.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1023621X97000079Electro-Rheological FluidDynamic CoefficientReynolds' EquationBingham FluidSwitch FunctionRotor-Bearing System Stability.
spellingShingle Siyoul Jang
John A. Tichy
Internal Damper Characteristics of Rotor System with Submerged ER Fluid Journal Bearing
International Journal of Rotating Machinery
Electro-Rheological Fluid
Dynamic Coefficient
Reynolds' Equation
Bingham Fluid
Switch Function
Rotor-Bearing System Stability.
title Internal Damper Characteristics of Rotor System with Submerged ER Fluid Journal Bearing
title_full Internal Damper Characteristics of Rotor System with Submerged ER Fluid Journal Bearing
title_fullStr Internal Damper Characteristics of Rotor System with Submerged ER Fluid Journal Bearing
title_full_unstemmed Internal Damper Characteristics of Rotor System with Submerged ER Fluid Journal Bearing
title_short Internal Damper Characteristics of Rotor System with Submerged ER Fluid Journal Bearing
title_sort internal damper characteristics of rotor system with submerged er fluid journal bearing
topic Electro-Rheological Fluid
Dynamic Coefficient
Reynolds' Equation
Bingham Fluid
Switch Function
Rotor-Bearing System Stability.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1023621X97000079
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