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Theoretical model of lubrication mechanism in the thrust slide-bearing of scroll compressors.

Author(s) : OKU T., ISHII N., ANAMI K., et al.

Type of article: Article

Summary

This study presents a theoretical model of the remarkably good lubrication characteristics of the thrust slide-bearings found in scroll compressors experimentally by Ishii et al. (2007). It has been suggested that the thrust plate undergoes elastic deformation due to axial loading. As a result of this deformation, a fluid wedge is believed to form at the periphery of the thrust plate. The fluid wedge angle between the sliding surfaces was calculated with a finite element method analysis and then used in the average Reynolds equation from Patir and Cheng (1978, 1979) to analyze the fluid lubrication on rough sliding surfaces. The plastic and elastic contacts between the orbiting and fixed thrust plates were analyzed using the solid contact theory from Greenwood and Williamson (1966). The derived theoretical model permitted the calculation of the oil film pressure, the solid contact force, the fluid frictional force, and the solid shearing drag force. These results were used, in turn, to determine the resultant friction coefficient at the thrust slide-bearing. Finally, it is shown that the predicted theoretical results agree well with the experimental lubrication test results of Ishii et al. (2007). The proposed theoretical development appears to model accurately the essential mechanism for the remarkably good mixed fluid-and-solid lubrication in a thrust slide-bearing.

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  • Original title: Theoretical model of lubrication mechanism in the thrust slide-bearing of scroll compressors.
  • Record ID : 2008-1595
  • Languages: English
  • Source: HVAC&R Research - vol. 14 - n. 2
  • Publication date: 2008/03

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