Numerical Investigation of Bump Foil Configurations Effect on Gas Foil Thrust Bearing Performance Based on a Thermos-Elastic-Hydrodynamic Model

Numerical Investigation of Bump Foil Configurations Effect on Gas Foil Thrust Bearing Performance Based on a Thermos-Elastic-Hydrodynamic Model

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The performance of gas foil thrust bearings is critical to the successful design and operation of the high axial load rotatory machines that employ gas foil bearings.However, our understanding of gas foil thrust bearings remains incomplete.To candy coated licorice pastels enhance our understanding and predict the performance of gas foil thrust bearings, we have established a detailed three-dimensional thermo-elastic-hydrodynamic model of a gas foil thrust bearing based on a fluid-thermal-structure interaction approach in this study.To validate the accuracy of our model, a gas foil thrust bearing test rig was developed.

Moreover, we present a numerical investigation of the influence of bump foil configurations on gas foil thrust bearing performance.The results show that the gas foil thrust bearing that fixes the bump foil at the trailing edge and splits the bump foil into several strips exhibits a 36.4% increase in load capacity compared to the gas foil thrust bearing that fixes a whole piece of hassan haskins hurdle bump foil at the leading edge.Fixing the bump foil at the trailing edge and splitting it into several strips effectively decreases power loss and reduces the risk of bearing thermal failure.