Effect of Wear on Symmetric Hole-Entry Hybrid Journal Bearing Compensated by Orifice Restrictor Under Turbulent Regime

Abstract

This study examines the impact of wear and turbulent flow on symmetric hole-entry hybrid journal bearings with orifice restrictors. Dufranes’s abrasive model for wear effect and Constantinescu’s lubrication model for turbulent flow have been used. A modification has been made to the Reynolds equationand utilized the finite element method to solvealong withflow equation of an orifice restrictor. For selected wear depth parameter values and Reynolds numbers,computed results have been acquired. The minimum fluid film thickness increases for worn bearings when operating under a turbulent regime rather than a laminar regime. Further, the stiffness coefficient decreases for constant external load when worn/unworn bearings function in a turbulent regime.