In: Mechanical Engineering
For a marine diesel engine application, a fluid-film journal bearing has a shaft diameter of 32 mm and the length of the bearing is 24 mm. The bearing uses SAE grade 20 oil as lubricant and operates under a radial load. The inlet and outlet temperatures of oil are 50oC and 110oC respectively. It is assumed that because of the shearing action there is a uniformly distributed energy release in the lubricant that heats the lubricant film. During run-in operation, the film temperature can be approximated as the average of the inlet and outlet temperatures. Assuming reasonable design data, perform an overall design assessment for the following four cases:
Case 1: Applied load: 2.5 kN, Radial clearance: 0.04 mm, Shaft speed: 1800 rpm
Case 2: Applied load: 5.0 kN, Radial clearance: 0.04 mm, Shaft speed: 1800 rpm
Case 3: Applied load: 2.5 kN, Radial clearance: 0.04 mm, Shaft speed: 3600 rpm
Case 4: Applied load: 2.5 kN, Radial clearance: 0.02 mm, Shaft speed: 1800 rpm
a) Analyze and estimate the bearing design parameters such as, minimum film thickness, power loss, side flow, total flow and maximum film pressure for the above four cases.
b) Which parameter is most influential for economical running of the bearing ? Justify with reasons.
c) Which parameter is most influential for safe running of the bearing ? Justify with reasons.
d) Compare and discuss the results for the above four cases.