The Effect of the Pivot Stiffness on the Performances of Five-Pad Tilting Pad Bearings

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Paolo Pennacchi¹  Steven Chatterton¹  PhuocVinh Dang² 

[1] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, I-20156 Milan, Italy;

[2] Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Danang-University of Science and Technology, 54, Nguyen Luong Bang Street, Danang, Viet Nam;

关键词: tilting pad journal bearing;    pivot stiffness;    dynamic force coefficients;    experiments;    thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic model;   

DOI  :  10.3390/lubricants7070061

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The role of the pivot flexibility in tilting-pad journal bearings (TPJBs) has become essential, particularly for bearings working at high applied load and relatively high rotor speeds. Predictions from a simple bearing model with rigid pivots show incorrect estimation of the dynamic coefficients in comparison with the experimental results. Normally, the more flexible the pad pivot, the lower the dynamic coefficients because the stiffness of the pivot takes in series with the stiffness and damping of the oil film. This paper investigates the influence of pivot stiffness on the dynamic force coefficients of two different five-pad TPJBs as a function of the applied static load and excitation frequency: rocker-backed pivot and spherical pivot bearings. In order to highlight the effect of the pivot stiffness in the spherical pivot bearing, displacement restriction components and elastic copper made shims have been used. Firstly, a thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic model for the static and dynamic characteristics of the two bearings is described. This model takes into account the flexibility of both pad and pivot. The pivot stiffnesses calculated by means of the Hertz theory and those obtained by experiments have been introduced and compared in the model. The clearance profiles of two tested bearing and the shaft center loci obtained by measurement and prediction are also shown. The dynamic coefficients of the two bearings obtained from the numerical simulation were compared with the experimental results. By the analysis it can be concluded that the effect of the pivot flexibility on the clearance profile, the shaft locus and on the dynamic coefficients is very significant. More important, it is important to estimate the pivot stiffness of each single pad using experimental measurements.

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