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YAN Jia-jia, LIU Zhan-sheng, ZHANG Guang-hui, WEI Ji-qin. Static characteristics analysis of foil thrust bearing considering the rarefield gas effect[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2016, 31(6): 1521-1529. doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.2016.06.030
Citation: YAN Jia-jia, LIU Zhan-sheng, ZHANG Guang-hui, WEI Ji-qin. Static characteristics analysis of foil thrust bearing considering the rarefield gas effect[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2016, 31(6): 1521-1529. doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.2016.06.030
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Static characteristics analysis of foil thrust bearing considering the rarefield gas effect

doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.2016.06.030

  • School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

  • Received Date: 2014-09-03
  • Publish Date: 2016-06-28
    Abstract
  • A modified Reynolds equation considering the rarefield gas coefficient for the bump type gas foil thrust bearing was established based on the first-order slip velocity boundary condition. The coupled modified Reynolds and lubricating film thickness equations were solved using Newton-Raphson iterative method and finite deference method. The static characteristics including axial load capacity and lift-off speed were obtained. The effects of rarefied gas and bearing structural parameters on the static characteristics were analyzed and discussed. The results indicate that with the influence of rarefield gas, the axial load capacity decreases, and the lift-off speed increases. And the rarefield gas has a slighter effect under a higher operating speed and a larger foil compliance coefficient. When the assembled clearance is smaller than 10 μm, the lift-off speed increases rapidly with increasing of the assembled clearance of the foil thrust bearing. Therefore, the axial clearance should be controlled carefully in assembling the foil thrust bearing.

     

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