INERTIA EFFECTS IN A CURVILINEAR THRUST HYDROSTATIC BEARING WITH A POROUS PAD

摘要

The flow of a Newtonian lubricant in a clearance of a curvilinear thrust hydrostatic bearing with one porous wall is considered. The bearing is modelled by two curvilinear smooth surfaces and the porous wall is adhered to the curve non-porous surface. The flow in the bearing clearance is considered with inertia forces and the Navier-Stokes and Poisson equations are uncoupled by using the Morgan-Cameron approximation. The equations of motion are solved by an averaged inertia method. Step and spherical bearings are discussed as examples. It shown that the inertia effects influence the bearing performance considerably.