Static and thermal characteristics (measured and predicted) are presented for a four-pad, spherical-seat, tilting-pad journal bearing (TPJB) with 0.5 pivot offset, 0.6 L/D, 101.6 mm nominal diameter, and 0.3 preload in the load-between-pivots orientation. One bearing is tested four separate times in the following four different lubrication configurations: (1) flooded single-orifice (SO) at the bearing shell, (2) evacuated leading edge groove (LEG), (3) evacuated spray-bar blocker (SBB), and (4) evacuated spray-bar (SB). The LEG, SBB, and SB are all considered methods of “directed lubrication.” These methods rely on lubrication injected directly to the pad/rotor interface. The same set of pads is used for every test to maintain clearance and preload; each method of lubrication is added as an assembly to the bearing. Test conditions include surface speeds and unit loads up to 85 m/s and 2.9 MPa, respectively. Static data include rotor–bearing eccentricities and attitude angles. Thermal data include measured temperatures from 16 bearing thermocouples. Twelve of the bearing thermocouples are embedded in the babbitt layer of the pads, while the remaining four are oriented at the leading and trailing edge of the loaded pads exposed to the lubricant. Bearing thermocouples provide a circumferential and axial temperature gradient. The pivot stiffness (pad and pivot in series) is measured and incorporated into predictions.
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Characteristics of a Spherical-Seat TPJB With Four Methods of Directed Lubrication—Part I: Thermal and Static Performance
David M. Coghlan
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Dara W. Childs
Dara W. Childs
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX 77843
e-mail: dchilds@tamu.edu
Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX 77843
e-mail: dchilds@tamu.edu
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David M. Coghlan
Dara W. Childs
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX 77843
e-mail: dchilds@tamu.edu
Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX 77843
e-mail: dchilds@tamu.edu
Contributed by the Structures and Dynamics Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received April 27, 2017; final manuscript received May 11, 2017; published online August 23, 2017. Editor: David Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Dec 2017, 139(12): 122502 (13 pages)
Published Online: August 23, 2017
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April 27, 2017
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May 11, 2017
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Coghlan, D. M., and Childs, D. W. (August 23, 2017). "Characteristics of a Spherical-Seat TPJB With Four Methods of Directed Lubrication—Part I: Thermal and Static Performance." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. December 2017; 139(12): 122502. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4036969
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