Optimization of clearance design for high （优化间隙设计为高）.pdfVIP

Opt m zat on of clearance des gn for h gh performance eng ne bear ngs BY DR. DMITRI KOPELIOVICH Hyd odynamic lub ication an increased diameter (”e ective bearing diameter”). However, Engine bearings operate mostly in a hydrodynamic regime o since the actual bearing diameter is not changed, the adverse lubrication, in which the bearing sur ace is separated rom the e ect o noise and vibration rom excessive bearing clearance is journal sur ace by pressurized oil. prevented. A loaded rotating journal is always displaced rom the concentric position, orming a converging gap (wedge) between What is the optimal clea ance? the bearing and the journal sur aces. The presence o this oil High per ormance engines operate mostly at a high rotation wedge is indispensable to the normal operation o a speed and produce increased loads that are applied to the hydrodynamic bearing. bearings. I the journal and the bearing are per ectly concentric, the Both characteristics a ect the hydrodynamic regime o wedge is not ormed and the oil is not pressurized. A di erence lubrication. between the bearing and the journal diameters allows the journal Higher bearing loads result in a decrease o minimum oil ilm to shi t rom the concentric position and orm a wedge. thickness. When its value drops below either the journal sur ace Thus the wedge parameters are determined by the di erence roughness or the value o the geometric distortions, the between the diameters. This is called oil clearance (or bearing