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Specific aspects of hybrid bearings working at high rotational speeds: the influence of the recess pressure pattern

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2004

Mathieu Hélène
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides, UMR CNRS 6610, SP2MI, Bd Marie et Pierre Curie, BP 30179, 86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France
Mihai Arghir
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides, UMR CNRS 6610, SP2MI, Bd Marie et Pierre Curie, BP 30179, 86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France
Jean Frêne
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides, UMR CNRS 6610, SP2MI, Bd Marie et Pierre Curie, BP 30179, 86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France
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Abstract

Hydrostatic bearings working at high rotational speeds are usually designed as hybrid bearings. They benefit of a load carrying capacity at low or zero speed and of a reduced torque at high working regimes. Therefore they are provided with pockets or recesses fed via hydraulic restrictors. Modeling the flow in these pockets and its coupling with thin film in the bearing is not a straightforward task. Comparisons with experimental data have shown that the capacity of correctly predicting the bearing characteristics (mainly the dynamic coefficients) is influenced by the accurate modeling of the pressure pattern in the pockets. The present work presents typical recess pressure patterns and shows the way they can influence on the bearing characteristics.

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© AFM, EDP Sciences, 2004

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