Static characteristics of ferrofluid finite journal bearing considering rotational viscosity effect
Résumé
Considering the rotation of ferromagnetic particles, the present study investigates hydrodynamic lubrication by ferrofluids of finite journal bearings using the Shliomis model. A magnetic field created by displaced finite wire is used. A numerical solution for the modified Reynolds equation using the finite difference method is obtained. Static characteristics of finite journal bearings are analysed using three control parameters: rotational viscosity, magnetization and volume concentration of the ferromagnetic particles. It is shown that the pressure, load capacity, attitude angle and side leakage increase and the friction coefficient decreases when increasing the value of each control parameter. Similar trends are also obtained when increasing values of eccentricity for a fixed value of each control parameter except for the decrease of the attitude angle. Copyright (C) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.