This thesis deals with the structural design of a test rig for combustion engine bearings with static and dynamic loading capabilities. The first part of thesis summarizes materials, geometries and possible bearing failures, then analyzes existing test rigs. The second part contains different solutions and summarizes these solutions to a final design. The last part contains analysis of possible failure of the test rig and solutions for these problems. The thesis contains drawings prepared for manufacturing and a design report.

Les rotors sont excités non seulement par le balourd tournant mais aussi par les différents mouvements de leur support : turbocompresseurs de véhicules, turbomoteurs aéronautiques, pompes à vide portées en sont des exemples industriels. Ainsi la conception de rotors robustes capables de bien fonctionner sous de telles conditions (excitations extrêmes) est nécessaire pour éviter des instabilités, source de défaillance catastrophique. Le présent travail a pour objectif de prévoir le comportement dynamique d’un rotor embarqué monté sur des paliers rigides ou élastiques hydrodynamiques et soumis à des excitations du support rigide. Les énergies cinétiques et de déformation ainsi que le travail virtuel des composants d’un rotor flexible tournant sont calculés. Le modèle proposé de rotor embarqué est basé sur les éléments finis de poutre de TIMOSHENKO. Il contient les effets relatifs à l’inertie de rotation des sections droites, à l’inertie gyroscopique, à la déformation de cisaillement d’arbre et à la dissymétrie géométrique de l’arbre et/ou du disque rigide et considère six types de mouvements déterministes (rotations et translations) du support. Suivant le type d’analyse utilisé pour le palier, les forces de rappel hydrodynamiques agissant sur l’arbre et calculées avec l’équation de REYNOLDS sont linéaires/non linéaires. L’utilisation des équations de LAGRANGE fournit les équations différentielles linéaires/non linéaires du mouvement du rotor embarqué en flexion par rapport au support mobile supposé rigide, qui représente un système de coordonnées non inertiel. Les équations du mouvement contiennent des termes paramétriques périodiques en raison de la dissymétrie géométrique du rotor et des termes paramétrique variables dans le temps en raison des rotations du support. Ces termes paramétriques sont considérés comme des sources d’excitation intérieure et conduisent à une instabilité dynamique latérale. Dans les applications numériques proposées, trois configurations de rotor embarqué sont analysées. Tout d’abord, un rotor symétrique monté sur des paliers rigides est soumis à un balourd combiné avec des mouvements de rotation constante et de translation sinusoïdale du support. Ensuite, un rotor avec une dissymétrie géométrique du disque monté sur des paliers rigides est excité par l’effet de balourd et par des mouvements combinés de rotation constante et de translation sinusoïdale du support. Enfin, un rotor symétrique monté sur des paliers hydrodynamiques est soumis au balourd et aux excitations sinusoïdales de rotation ou de translation du support. / Rotors are excited not only by the rotating mass unbalance but also by the different motions of their support: vehicle turbochargers, aircraft turbo-engines, carried vacuum pumps, are different industrial applications. Thus the design of robust rotors able to run well under such conditions (extreme excitations) and to avoid catastrophic failure is required. The present work aims to predict the dynamic behavior of an on-board rotor mounted on rigid or elastic hydrodynamic journal bearings and subjected to rigid support excitations. The kinetic and strain energies as well as the virtual work of the rotating flexible rotor components are computed. The proposed on-board rotor model is based on TIMOSHENKO beam finite elements. It includes the effects relative to the rotating inertia, the gyroscopic inertia, the shear deformation of shaft as well as the geometric asymmetry of shaft and/or rigid disk and considers six types of deterministic motions (rotations and translations) of the support. Depending on the type of analysis used for the bearing, the restoring fluid film forces acting on the shaft and computed with the REYNOLDS equation are linear/non-linear. The use of LAGRANGE’s equations yields the linear/non-linear differential equations of vibratory motion of the on-board rotor in bending with respect to the moving rigid support which represents a non-inertial reference frame. The equations of motion contain periodic parametric coefficients because of the geometric asymmetry of the rotor and time-varying parametric coefficients because of the support rotations. These parametric coefficients are considered as sources of internal excitation and can lead to lateral dynamic instability. In the proposed numerical application examples, three rotor configurations are studied. Firstly, a symmetric rotor mounted on rigid bearings is subjected to rotating mass unbalance combined with constant rotation and sinusoidal translation of the support. Secondly, a rotor with geometric asymmetry due to the disk mounted on rigid bearings is excited by the mass unbalance effect and by the combination of a constant rotation and a sinusoidal translation of the support. Thirdly, a symmetric rotor mounted on linearized/non-linear hydrodynamic bearings is subjected to the excitation due to the mass unbalance and to the sinusoidal rotational or translational excitations of the support.

La tête de bielle n'est pas un solide mono-corps mais un solide multi-corps. Le serrage non-adapté des vis d'assemblage et les discontinuités des solides peuvent produire des phénomènes indésirables comme le glissement du coussinet dans son logement. Malgré des logiciels de calculs performants permettant de prédire le comportement des paliers il existe encore de nombreuses avaries notamment liées aux contacts entre le coussinet et son logement. La difficulté de la modélisation du contact coussinet/logement réside principalement dans l'interaction entre les différents solides et les conditions de fonctionnement. Cette étude propose une solution pour analyser ce problème par couplage entre un logiciel de calcul élatohydrodynamique (ACCEL) et un logiciel permettant le calcul du contact avec frottement entre les coussinets et le corps de bielle (ABAQUS). Après une étude bibliographique des études antérieures dédiées à la modélisation numérique et expérimentale des paliers de tête de bielle, la première partie est dédiée à une description des modèles numériques utilisés pour prédire le comportement élastohydrodynamique de paliers lubrifiés ainsi que les techniques employées pour étudier le contact sec avec frottement en mécanique. La deuxième partie présente la solution adoptée pour réaliser le couplage entre le logiciel ACCEL et le logiciel ABAQUS. Le modèle a été premièrement validée dans le cas d'un palier soumis une charge tournante. Par la suite, plusieurs calculs paramétriques, réalisés sur un cas type de palier de tête de bielle, nous ont permis de montrer l'influence des conditions de fonctionnement (diagramme de charge, vitesse de rotation, etc.) ainsi que d'autres caractéristiques de la bielle (coefficient de frottement, épaisseur du coussinet, etc) sur le comportement du palier et plus précisément sur le glissement relatif entre les coussinets et le corps de bielle. / The connecting rod is not a single body but a multi-body solid. A non-appropriate screw tightening, coupled with the solid discontinuities, can lead to undesirable phenomena such as the rotation of the shell in its housing. Despite modern numerical tools, capable to predict the bearing EHD behaviour, there are still many damages related to cumulative microslip between the bearing shell and the conrod body. The difficulty of modelling the shell/conrod contact is mainly due to the interaction between the solids and the operating conditions. This study presents a solution to analyse this problem, by coupling an elastohydrodynamic (EHD) software (ACCEL) with a commercial software (ABAQUS) able to predict the frictional contact between the shell and the conrod. After a literature review of previous studies dedicated to the numerical and experimental modelling of connecting rod bearings, the first part is dedicated to a description of the numerical models used to predict the EHD behaviour of lubricated bearings. Follows the presentation of the techniques used to study the dry frictional contact mechanics. The next part presents the adopted solution used to couple the two software. The model was first validated in the case of a bearing submitted to a rotating load. Subsequently, several parametric calculations are presented. We were able to show the influence of the operating conditions (load diagram, velocity,...) as well as other characteristics of the conrod (friction coefficient, thickness of the shell, etc.) on the performances of the bearing and more exactly on the microslip between the shells and the conrod body.

Tato diplomová práce pojednává o návrhu ložisek kompresoru. Za tímto účelem byl zakoupen speciální program JDynamic. Tento software poskytuje cenný přínos při navrhování kluzných ložisek a s tím spojených problémů. Programové výsledky reálného kompresoru jsou obsaženy v parametrické studii. Byl proveden test reálného kompresru. Modifikace kluzných ložisek byly zaměřeny na snížení ztrát.

This master’s thesis is focused on measurement of electrical contact resistance. The beginning of the thesis is devoted to the introduction of the electrical contact resistance and electrical parameters of journal bearings. Next part of the thesis deals with engineering design of test rig. In order to verify functional measurement principle, the test rig based on engineering design has been made. In the end of the thesis the measuring devices and the measuring process is described. The measurement results from the test rig are presented.

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This work deals with computational modelling of static and dynamic analyses of journal bearings, with analyses of stability of oil-film motion and analyses of response of the rotor assemblies. At our workplace a new theoretical approach to the modelling of the static and dynamic behaviour of the rigid rotating body in liquid is used. The approach is based on the application of the Navier-Stokes motion eq., equation of continuity and boundary conditions eqs. It is possible to separate the motion of the rigid body and liquid from each other using suitable transformation relations and then it is also possible to separate the stationary and nonstationary motions from each other. A method of control volumes is used for these analyses. The real Bézier body is used for the description of the geometrical configuration and also for the approximation of velocity and pressure functions. Combined the ALE (Arbitrary Lagrange-Euler) method is used, because it´s necessary to generate a new net (to perform new meshing) for a change of the shaft position. The additional effects of the liquid (additional mass, stiffness and damping), which we solved in dynamic analysis, are the function of the single parameter only – the shaft-centre position. There is a large advantage in comparison with the standard approach, which is based on application of the Reynolds liquid eq. Author solving the models of the long and short journal bearing with different geometry, especially the elliptical and cylindrical bearings, with incompressible and compressible journal bearing liquid. If the journal bearing problem is solved, it is possible to include the additional effect of the liquid to the right side of the motion equation of a model rotor assembly. Author analyze a model rotor assemblies with two degrees of freedom, which is supported inside of the two journal bearings on the ends of the rotor (Jeffcott rotor assembly). Author modelling and solveing a response of the model rotor assembly on the forced steady-state vibrations, which was actuating by the unbalanced matter.

The goal of this diploma thesis is to design the journal bearings for high pressure diesel pump which is part of Common rail system from Motorpal Company. This producer is also submitter of this diploma thesis and as a result it is expecting the reduction of cost price and possible transfer to the diesel oil lubrication. Firstly, there is sum up of issues of high pressure pump by Motorpal. The next part of the thesis describes the journal bearings and its construction, tribology of the journal bearings and also the overview of the materials. These materials are currently being used for securing long time usage and do not require service maintenance during lifespan period. In the practical part there is applied the Multy Body System (MBS) approach with rigid bodies and after that there are used analytic relations, which however do not include impact of movement of the journal center during dynamic stress. The thesis concludes with a comparison of results of both calculations and determination of bearing parameters, which according to the calculations ensure an achievement of hydrodynamic lubrication.

This paper discusses an investigation on a novel hydraulic pump concept. The idea aims on a pump principle to be directly connected to high-speed electric motors to build compact high-pressure drives. The pump can theoretically work without solid contact and has no kinematic pulsation. The composition of the pump is basically similar to cylindrical journal bearings. In general, a journal bearing is used to support external loads on a rotating shaft. When the shaft rotates with the loads, hydrodynamic fluid force is generated in the fluid film, which compensates the external force and reduces an eccentricity of the shaft. The difference of the introduced pump concept from the bearing is that the eccentricity is fixed and it has an outlet port at the high pressure area, through which the fluid can be transferred. To examine the functionality of the pump, a test bench is constructed and experiments are performed to investigate the pressure build-up and discharging flow of the pump concept. The experimental results are numerically analyzed by using elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) simulation, based on the 2D Reynold’s equation. From these results, the functionality of the pump concept is confirmed. Moreover, several variables that influence the characteristic curve of the pump are studied. Based on these results, geometric parameters of the test pump are redesigned to discharge sufficient flow rate for usage as commercial pumps.

This work deals with computational modelling of static and dynamic analyses of journal bearings, with analyses of stability of oil-film motion and analyses of response of the rotor assemblies. At our workplace a new theoretical approach to the modelling of the static and dynamic behaviour of the rigid rotating body in liquid is used. The approach is based on the application of the Navier-Stokes motion eq., equation of continuity and boundary conditions eqs. It is possible to separate the motion of the rigid body and liquid from each other using suitable transformation relations and then it is also possible to separate the stationary and nonstationary motions from each other. A method of control volumes is used for these analyses. The real Bézier body is used for the description of the geometrical configuration and also for the approximation of velocity and pressure functions. Combined the ALE (Arbitrary Lagrange-Euler) method is used, because it´s necessary to generate a new net (to perform new meshing) for a change of the shaft position. The additional effects of the liquid (additional mass, stiffness and damping), which we solved in dynamic analysis, are the function of the single parameter only – the shaft-centre position. There is a large advantage in comparison with the standard approach, which is based on application of the Reynolds liquid eq. Author solving the models of the long and short journal bearing with different geometry, especially the elliptical and cylindrical bearings, with incompressible and compressible journal bearing liquid. If the journal bearing problem is solved, it is possible to include the additional effect of the liquid to the right side of the motion equation of a model rotor assembly. Author analyze a model rotor assemblies with two degrees of freedom, which is supported inside of the two journal bearings on the ends of the rotor (Jeffcott rotor assembly). Author modelling and solveing a response of the model rotor assembly on the forced steady-state vibrations, which was actuating by the unbalanced matter.