Performance improvement of water-lubricated thrust pad bearing operating with the turbulent flow using a new micro-pocket design

JC Atwal, RK Pandey - Tribology International, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reports an explorations carried out on the performance parameters (minimum film
thickness, friction coefficient, and bearing dynamic coefficients) of a sector-shaped pad …

Performance analysis of thrust pad bearing using micro-rectangular pocket and bionic texture

JC Atwal, RK Pandey - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents the performance behaviors of a hydrodynamic thrust bearing
incorporating new pad surface designs involving microrectangular pocket and Labeo rohita …

Influence of new surface micro-structures on the performance behaviours of fluid film tilting pad thrust bearings

JC Atwal, RK Pandey - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Performance parameters such as power loss, minimum film thickness, and maximum oil
temperature of the sector-shaped tilting pad thrust bearings employing the new micro …

Preliminary study of pressure profile in hydrodynamic lubrication journal bearing

S Kasolang, MA Ahmad, RD Joyce, CFM Tai - Procedia Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
In hydrodynamic lubrication, the pressure condition of the fluid is critical to ensure good
performance of the lubricated machine elements such as journal bearings. In the present …

Film thickness and friction investigations in a fluid film thrust bearing employing a new conceived micro-texture on pads

JC Atwal, RK Pandey - Journal of Tribology, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents the performance behaviors (coefficient of friction, minimum film
thickness, and pressure distributions) of a fluid film thrust bearing using a newly conceived …

Evolutionary optimization of micro-thrust bearings with periodic partial trapezoidal surface texturing

CI Papadopoulos, PG Nikolakopoulos, L Kaiktsis - 2011 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
An optimization study of trapezoidal surface texturing in slider micro-bearings, via
computational fluid dynamics (CFD), is presented. The bearings are modeled as micro …

Tribological analysis of picosecond laser partially textured thrust bearings with circular grooves machined: Theory and experiment

T Chen, J Ji, Y Fu, P Tian, J Zhou… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A two-dimensional analytical model based on the Reynolds equation considering mass
conservation cavitation is proposed to investigate the performance of partially textured thrust …

An experimental hydrodynamic thrust bearing device and its application to the study of a tapered-land thrust bearing

Y Henry, J Bouyer, M Fillon - Journal of Tribology, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
An experimental study is presented with the main objective of understanding the
hydrodynamic behavior of a tapered-land thrust bearing with fixed geometry. The …

Dynamic performance characteristics of a curved slider bearing operating with ferrofluids

UP Singh, RS Gupta - Advances in Tribology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In the present theoretical investigation, the effect of ferrofluid on the dynamic characteristics
of curved slider bearings is presented using Shliomis model which accounts for the rotation …

Thermohydrodynamic analysis of a textured sector-pad thrust bearing: effects on mechanical deformations

A Charitopoulos, D Fouflias, CI Papadopoulos… - Mechanics & …, 2014 - cambridge.org
In this paper, a computational investigation of thermohydrodynamic performance and
mechanical deformations of a fixed-geometry thrust bearing with artificial surface texturing is …