Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis for a Plain Bearing

This paper investigates the nonlinear dynamic behavior for a plain classic bearing (fluid bearing) lubricated by a non-Newtonian fluid of a turbo machine rotating with high speed; this type of fluid contains additives viscosity (couple-stress fluid film). The solution of the nonlinear dynamic problem of this type of bearing is determined with a spatial discretisation of the modified Reynolds' equation written in dynamic mode by using the optimized short bearing theory and a temporal discretisation for equations of rotor motion by the help of Euler's explicit diagram. This study analyzes the dynamic behavior of a rotor supported by two couple-stress fluid film journal lubricant enhances the dynamic stability of the rotor-bearing system considerably compared to that obtained when using a traditional Newtonian lubricant. The analysis shows that the dynamic behavior of a shaft which turns with high velocities is strongly nonlinear even for poor eccentricities of unbalance; the presence of parameters of couple stress allows strongly attenuating the will synchrony (unbalance) and asynchrony (whipping) amplitudes of vibrations of the shaft which supports more severe conditions (large unbalances).


Introduction
The plain bearings are frequently used in the guidance of shaft lines of modern rotating machines rotating with high speed. The presence of oil film in these bearings ( Figure 1) acts on dynamic behavior of the shafts which they hold. The actual technical development level enables the increase in the rotational speed to levels such that it is necessary to consider the nonlinear study of the bearings in order to examine their behavior in the unstable zones described by the linear theory or when they are subjected to unspecified cycles of load.
Experimental studies have shown that oils containing additives had a viscosity of non-Newtonian rheological behavior; their viscosity decreases as the shear rate at which they are subjected increases. Thus, runoff can be described by the classical theory of continuous media neglects the particle size. In the literature, there are several theories describing the flow of complex fluids with known torque and surface constraints. Among these theories Vijay Kumar Stokes theory [1] is the most widely used because of its simplicity; it takes into account the size of the particles in motion. It is interesting to note that the concept of the couple stress was introduced by Voigt [2] in the mechanics of continuous media. Because of its mathematical simplicity on the model of the fluid with couple stress which has been widely used to study many problems of hydrodynamic lubrication, Lin [3,4] studied the effects of torque parameter constraint on the characteristics of the damper film bearing a long arc part and a bearing of finite length by applying the theory of continuous media stokes microphones. The theoretical results show that the presence of the pair of restraint provides an improved load capacity and prolongs the response time of the film of the damper system. Oliver [5] has shown experimentally that the presence of dissolved polymer in the lubricant causes an increase in the load capacity of the lubricating film and a decrease in the coefficient of friction. In another study Lahmar [6] conducted an analysis of elastohydrodynamic double layered newspaper and bearings demonstrated that the use of a couple-stress lubricant increases the load-carrying capacity and stability of the bearing system and reduces friction effects and the attitude angle of the rotor.
In [7] results have showed that the common assumption of a linear journal housing suspension system results in a significant underestimation of the vibration amplitudes of both the rotor and the bearing. Lahmar and Bou-Said [8] have studied the influence of the torque parameter constraint on the stability of a rigid smooth landing. It was shown that with a fluid lubricated torque restraint system is more stable than a Newtonian fluid lubricated.
Lin [9] showed that the presence of additives in the lubricant has nonnegligible effects on the static and dynamic performance characteristics as well as the dynamic stability and response of the bearing especially at high values of stresses (constraints) couple parameter, that is, for higher chain length of the additive molecule.
Nonlinear dynamic analysis of the fluids bearings requires at the same time the simultaneous resolution of Reynolds equation modified in transient mode and the motion equations of the shaft in the bearing illustrated in Figure 1. Therefore, in the present paper a study of the nonlinear dynamic behavior of a plain bearing is proposed. The aim is to show the influence of couple-stress parameters on the stability of the shaft in the bearing.

Equations of Hydrodynamic Lubrication
For the plain bearing operating in dynamic mode, the field of pressure was created in the lubricating film as illustrated in Figure 3 which is the result of drive and crushing effects. For a non-Newtonian and incompressible fluid in laminar flow, the modified Reynolds' equation takes the following form [2]: The standardized modified Reynolds' equation is Hydrodynamic bearing capacity is is the pressure in the lubricating film, is the fluid dynamic viscosity, and ℓ is the parameter of stress couple representing the length of the largest molecular chain of the polymer.
, , and are, respectively, the radius, the length, and the radial backlash of the bearing , shaft center coordinates. Consider Conditions to satisfy are: 1 and 2 angles defining the active zone of film. The application of the method of balanced residues of Galerkin allows finding a low integral form.

Methodology
The hydrodynamic pressure field can be determined either by a resolution of second degree elliptical partial derivative equations (1) or by the method of finite difference.
In order to reduce the calculation time, we have used an approach based on the theory of optimized short bearing in which the curve of pressure according to the axial direction of bearing is supposed to be of parabolic form; this assumption is valid for an aligned bearing [11]. Consider 4

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The solution of the Euler-Lagrange equation is The ordinary differential equation (11) can be integrated numerically by the method of finite difference. The resulting matrix system will be solved by the method of Gauss-Seidel with a coefficient of overrelaxation. The grid of bearing is done only according to its circumferential direction. The knowledge of pressure field makes the calculation of hydrodynamic pressure bearing components possible.

Equations of Shaft Motion
The various forces acting on the shaft are the weight , the hydrodynamic forces and , the forces of inertiä and, and the dynamic forces due to unbalance characterized by the eccentricity ( ). The application of the fundamental principle of shaft dynamic motion gives the following:

Resolution of the Equations of Motion
When the dynamic force is important, it is necessary to solve the nonlinear system composed of the precedent equations by the method of explicit integration of Euler: We have applied the one-dimensional approach in the study of the effect of couple-stress parameterl. The resulting equations allowed the realization of a program working in MATLAB environment in order to simulate the motion of the shaft in the bearing. The study of non-Newtonian These results concern the following: (i) the trajectories described by the center of shaft in the bearing, (ii) the temporal spectra according to ( ) and ( ).

Bearing Subjected to Static Loading Only ( =0)
. This is shown in Figure 4.

Bearing under Static Load with
Unbalance. This is shown in Figure 5. It is to remember that the circular orbit described by the shaft center is near to the circle of backlash; this merger is dangerous because it can cause a metal-metal contact between the surfaces of the shaft and the bearing. The presence of the parameters of the couples of stresses in the fluid lubricating on one hand is positive purposes with respect to stability of the bearing; on the other hand, the presence of the additives of long molecular chains allows reducing the size of orbits to a significant degree.  Figures 6(b) and 7(b). It is noticed that the vibratory movement is important because the static load is low than dynamic load, in these conditions the dynamic behavior of the bearing is visible.

Conclusion
The nonlinear theory based on the resolution of the equations of movement of the rotor is adapted for the study of the behavior of the plain bearings.
The influence of parameters such as the unbalance and the couple stresses on the trajectory of the shaft center in the bearing and the temporal components of displacement shows the following.