Analysis of squeeze film process between non-parallel circular surfaces

13th International Conference on Tribology

Radulescu, A.V.^1 ; Radulescu, I.^1

Department Machine Elements and Tribology, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, Spl. Independentei 313, Bucharest, Romania^1

关键词: Analytical expressions;    Brookfield viscometers;    Circular surfaces;    Experimental determination;    Good correlations;    Newtonian fluids;    Pressure variations;    Theoretical modeling;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/174/1/012038/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/174/1/012038

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of the paper is to determine the performance of a Newtonian fluid, in the case of squeezing process between non-parallel circular surfaces, from theoretical and experimental point of view. The theoretical analysis is based on the two-dimensional Reynolds equation, which is solved assuming the simplifying hypothesis of the "narrow bearing theory". With this approximation, it is possible to neglect certain terms in the Reynolds equation, and an analytical expression for the pressure distribution on the superior surface can be written. The theoretical results have been compared with the experimental determination of the pressure distribution, obtained on a modified Weissenberg rheogoniometer. For the squeezing experiment, two oils specific for internal combustion engines have been used. Their viscosity was measured with a con and plate Brookfield viscometer. The stand has the possibility to measure the pressure variation with the film thickness, in three points, for different squeezing velocity and for an imposed geometry of the circular plates. In conclusion it can observe a good correlation between theory and experiment, in the case of thick lubricant films. At low values of the thickness of lubricant film, the theoretical model has to be improved, using finite theory method for flow modelling.