Multileaf foil bearing has various advantages including long-life, high-speed, low power loss, etc. Oil lubricated multileaf foil bearing compared with gas lubricated foil bearing is more favorable to greatly decrease foil performance requirements, foil surface coating technology, and foil processing. The special oil lubricated five-leaf foil bearing test-bed is designed and established, and a speed of 30,000 rpm is achieved primarily. The experiments including the influence of different radial clearances on rotor dynamical characteristics, speed run-up and coastdown, etc., are implemented on the test-bed. The experimental results indicate that oil lubricated multileaf foil bearing can offer high-speed, long-life, and lower friction loss. Radial clearance plays an important role to rotor dynamical characteristics. Moreover, oil lubricated multileaf foil bearing represents strong adaptive capacity of speed run-up and coastdown, and the capacity of withstanding impact and vibration.
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September 2009
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Design and Experiment of Oil Lubricated Five-Leaf Foil Bearing Test-Bed
H.-J. Xu,
H.-J. Xu
Department of Energy Science and Engineering,
e-mail: xuhuaijin@tom.com
Harbin Institute of Technology
, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China
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Z.-S. Liu,
Z.-S. Liu
Department of Energy Science and Engineering,
Harbin Institute of Technology
, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China
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G.-H. Zhang,
G.-H. Zhang
Department of Energy Science and Engineering,
Harbin Institute of Technology
, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China
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Y.-L. Wang
Y.-L. Wang
Department of Energy Science and Engineering,
Harbin Institute of Technology
, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China
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H.-J. Xu
Department of Energy Science and Engineering,
Harbin Institute of Technology
, Harbin, 150001, P.R. Chinae-mail: xuhuaijin@tom.com
Z.-S. Liu
Department of Energy Science and Engineering,
Harbin Institute of Technology
, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China
G.-H. Zhang
Department of Energy Science and Engineering,
Harbin Institute of Technology
, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China
Y.-L. Wang
Department of Energy Science and Engineering,
Harbin Institute of Technology
, Harbin, 150001, P.R. ChinaJ. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Sep 2009, 131(5): 054505 (4 pages)
Published Online: June 9, 2009
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Received:
August 25, 2008
Revised:
September 8, 2008
Published:
June 9, 2009
Citation
Xu, H., Liu, Z., Zhang, G., and Wang, Y. (June 9, 2009). "Design and Experiment of Oil Lubricated Five-Leaf Foil Bearing Test-Bed." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. September 2009; 131(5): 054505. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3078703
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