Vol.20, Special Issue, 2020, pp. S19–S23
UDC:

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SLIDER BEARING PERFORMANCE FOR DISSIMILAR SHAPES OF LUBRICANT FILM WITH A TRANSVERSE ROUGH SURFACE

G.C. Panchal1, H.A. Patel2, H.C. Patel3

1) Govt. Engineering College, Modasa, Gujarat, INDIA

email: girish.maths@gmail.com

2) G.P.E.R.I., Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

3) Indian Institute of Teacher’s Education, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

 

Abstract

In the article at hand, a comparative study of the performance of a slider bearing for dissimilar shapes of lubricant film has been carried out by considering that the roughness of the bearing surface is transverse which is used to examine the behaviour of the load-tolerating capability in various shaped slider bearings, viz. a finite plane, exponential, secant and hyperbolic shaped slider bearing. The examined results for the load-tolerating capability are presented graphically, achieved by solving the underlying averaged Reynolds’ type equation numerically by assuming suitable boundary conditions. Indeed, it is made known that the underlying bearing’s load-tolerating capability can be enhanced significantly by choosing appropriate lubricant film shape.

Keywords: Reynolds’ type equation, plane slider bearing, transverse roughness, load-tolerating capability

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