James Layton
A New Thermal Elasto-Hydrodynamic Lubrication Solver Implementation in OpenFOAM
Layton, James; Rothwell, Benjamin C.; Ambrose, Stephen; Eastwick, Carol; Medina, Humberto; Rebelo, Neville
Authors
BENJAMIN ROTHWELL BENJAMIN.ROTHWELL@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
STEPHEN AMBROSE Stephen.Ambrose3@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
CAROL EASTWICK CAROL.EASTWICK@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
HUMBERTO MEDINA HUMBERTO.MEDINA@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
NEVILLE REBELO NEVILLE.REBELO@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Applications Engineer in Industrialisation of Electrical Machines and Drives
Abstract
Designing effective thermal management systems within transmission systems requires simulations to consider the contributions from phenomena such as hydrodynamic lubrication regions. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) remains computationally expensive for practical cases of hydrodynamic lubrication while the thermo elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication (TEHL) theory has demonstrated good accuracy at a lower computational cost. To account for the effects of hydrodynamic lubrication in high-power transmission systems requires integrating TEHL into a CFD framework such that these methodologies can be interfaced. This study takes an initial step by developing a TEHL solver within OpenFOAM such that the program is prepared to be interfaced with a CFD module in future versions. The OpenFOAM solver includes the Elrod–Adams cavitation model, thermal effects, and elastic deformation of the surfaces, and considers mixing between the recirculating flow and oil feed by applying energy and mass continuity. A sensitivity study of the film mesh is presented to show the solution variation with refinement along the circumferential, axial and radial directions. A validation case is presented of an experimental single axial groove journal bearing which shows good agreement in the pressure and temperature results. The peak pressure in the film is predicted within 12% and the peak temperature in the bush is predicted within 5% when comparing the centerline profiles.
Citation
Layton, J., Rothwell, B. C., Ambrose, S., Eastwick, C., Medina, H., & Rebelo, N. (2023). A New Thermal Elasto-Hydrodynamic Lubrication Solver Implementation in OpenFOAM. Lubricants, 11(7), Article 308. https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants11070308
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 19, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 22, 2023 |
Publication Date | 2023-07 |
Deposit Date | Jul 24, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 26, 2023 |
Journal | Lubricants |
Electronic ISSN | 2075-4442 |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 7 |
Article Number | 308 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants11070308 |
Keywords | hydrodynamic lubrication; journal bearing; TEHL; OpenFOAM |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/23441974 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants11070308 |
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