MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF NEWLY DESIGNED TWO POROUS LAYERS SLIDER BEARING WITH A CONVEX PAD UPPER SURFACE CONSIDERING SLIP AND SQUEEZE VELOCITY USING FERROFLUID LUBRICANT

Subject Areas : International Journal of Mathematical Modelling & Computations

Rajesh Shah ¹ , Ramesh C. Kataria ²

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Received: 2016-04-15 Accepted : 2016-04-15 Published : 2014-03-21

Keywords: Porosity, Slip Velocity, Ferrofluid, Squeeze velocity, Lubrication, Convex bearing,

Abstract :

This paper proposes mathematical modeling and analysis of ferrofluid lubricated newly designed slider bearing having convex pad (surface or plate) stator with two porous layers attached to the slider. The problem considers the effect of slip velocity proposed by Sparrowet. al.[1] and modified by Shahet. al.[2] at the film-porous interface. The squeeze velocityV=−which appears when the upper impermeable plate approach to the lower one, is also considered here for study. The magnetic field is assumed to be oblique to the lower plate. From the Reynolds’s equation of the above model, expressions for dimensionless form of pressure and load carrying capacity are obtained. The expression for the dimensionless load carrying capacity is then solved numerically to examine its possible effect on the designed bearing system