Oil–air lubrication is widely used in the high-speed rotary machines; the oil is usually in the form of discrete droplets. The lubrication behavior of the oil droplet is rarely investigated. This paper investigates the effect of the oil droplet on lubrication performance based on the developed transient lubrication model with consideration of starvation conditions. The oil droplet is modeled as spherical segment with different heights, base radius, and positions, which will change the inlet oil supply conditions. The results show that the oil droplet with large size can generate thick oil film which is close to the one in fully flooded condition and can remain long time; the position of the oil droplet entering the contact region also has significant effect on the lubrication performance.
Issue Section:
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication
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