Report on Lubrication and bearing design problem

Submitted to
Majid Rashidi
Mechanical Engineering Department
Cleveland state university
By
Anil Yarlagadda
2608595

Problem 1(a):
Statement:
Design of radial journal bearing with shaft speed of 3600 r.p.m and
radial load of 4500N operating in hydrodynamic lubrication regime.

Design Parameters:
Radius of r = 2
Clearance c=.004
Length L=2
L/d ratio =1/2
Load W =1011 lbf
Lubrication type is SAE 30 at 175F
Performance parameters:
Temperature rise T=26F
Minimum film thickness h0 =112m
Co-efficient of friction f = .01
Flow rate Q=3.9 in3 /sec
Side flow Qs= 3.12 in3 /sec
Max pressure pmax =382.95 Psi

Problem 1(b):

Statement:
Design a thrust bearing of thrust load 1000N and shaft speed of 3600 r.p.m operating in
hydrodynamic lubrication regime.

Design parameters:
Thrust load W = 225lbf
Speed N=60 r.p.s
No. of pads =2
Wz = 112.5 lbf
r0 = 2 ri = 1
b=1
L=1
=L/b = 1
Lubrication type SAE 20 at 240F
Minimum film thickness, h0 = 477 in
Surface finish is 8-16 in and its smooth surface, with close tolerance.

Problem 2(a):
Statement:
Design a radial roller bearing operating in Elastohydrodynamic lubrication regime with
radial load 4500N and speed of 3600r.p.m.

Design parameters:
Inner race diameter,

di= 40 mm

Outer race diameter,

do= 60 mm

Diameter of roller,

d = 18 mm

Speed of shaft,

= 377 rad/sec

Axial length of roller,

l =18 mm

No. of roller,

n=9

Viscosity pressure co-efficient,

= 2.2e-8 m2/N

Modulus of elasticity for both rollers and races, E=2.075e+11N/m2

Poisson's ratio,

v= 0.3

R.m.s surface finish of balls,

Rq, b= .0625m

R.m.s surface finish of races,

Rq, a= .0175m

For outer race roller:

Minimum film thickness,
Film parameter,

hmin=.525m
= 8.09

For inner race roller:

Minimum film thickness,
Film parameter,

hmin=.615m
= 5.87

Problem 2(b):
Statement:
Design a thrust bearing operating in Elastohydrodynamic lubrication regime with thrust
load 1000N and speed of 3600r.p.m.
Design parameters:
Radius of needle,

r = 7.5 mm

Inner race diameter,

di = 30 mm

Outer race diameter,

do =40 mm

Speed of shaft,

= 377 rad/sec

Length of needle,

l =15 mm

No. of needles

n = 10

Viscosity pressure co-efficient,

= 2.2e-8 m2/N

Modulus of elasticity for both rollers and races, E=2.075e+11N/m2

Poisson's ratio,

v=0.3

R.m.s surface finish of needle,

Rq, b = .0625m

R.m.s surface finish of races

Rq, a = .0175m

Minimum film thickness,

Film parameter,

hmin=0.468 m
= 7.2

Problem 3:
Statement:
Design a hydrostatic bearing to lift the Mile High stadium carrying a load of 9,000,000lbf
Desired height to lift the stadium ho = 0.25e-3 in

Design parameters:
Inner radius of bearing,

ri =5.3

Outer radius of bearing,

ro =10.6

No. of bearings

= 250

Load of each bearing,

Wz= 36000lbf

Lubrication type is water

Viscosity of water,

= 1.29e-7 psi.s

Supply pressure,

Ps =750 psi

No. of pads,

n=4

Recess pressure,

Pr =187.5 psi

Assume Reynolds number, RC=800

Capillary compensating element parameters:
Diameter of capillary, dc = 5.02e-4 meters
Length of capillary,

lc=24.2 meters

Problem 4:
Statement:
Derive the expression for power loss of a thrust bearing operating in hydrodynamic
lubrication regime.