Method of Measuring the Film Thickness to Evaluate the Tribological Properties of a Tilting Pad Bearing
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: In studies on lubrication analyses, researchers have investigated mixed lubrication as well as hydrodynamic lubrication. One of these published studies concerns lubrication analysis by considering not only the surface roughness but also the slope parameter of the friction surface; in the study, the relative slope of the pad bearing surface was confirmed to influence the friction characteristics. However, verification of whether the lubrication analysis values are comparable to those of the friction tests is yet to be conducted. In this study, to experimentally verify the results of this previous lubrication analysis, we developed an experimental device to derive the slope parameter and analyzed the results. The film thickness was calculated by analyzing the slope parameter obtained from the friction tests and was then used as the input value for lubrication analysis.
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: Pusan National University
OpenAlex ID: W3094980418