Study of the Effect of Static Eccentricity on Vibration Damping Properties of Squeeze Film Dampers Considering the Two-Phase Flow Case

• Published in: Lubricants Vol. 12; no. 3; p. 75
• Main Authors: Zhou, Hailun, Fang, Liang, Zhang, Ming, Cao, Gangyi, Su, Jianyang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2024
• Subjects: air ingestion area; Analysis; Boundary conditions; Cavitation; Chen Xi; Circumferences; Dampers; damping; Eccentricity; Engines; Finite element method; Fluid dynamics; Ingestion; Numerical analysis; Pressure distribution; Reynolds number; Simulation; Simulation methods; Software; squeeze film dampers; Squeeze films; Static eccentricity; static eccentricity distance; Two phase flow; Velocity; Vibration damping; China
• ISSN: 2075-4442; 2075-4442
• DOI: 10.3390/lubricants12030075

To analyze the effect of static eccentricity on the air ingestion distribution and vibration damping properties of the SFD, a numerical simulation study of SFDs considering two-phase flow was carried out based on CFD using a transient solution method and dynamic mesh technique. The results show that the angle between the static eccentricity direction and the circumferential direction of the oil supply hole increases and the air ingestion area in the oil film expands. In contrast, the oil film damping decreases, and the larger the static eccentricity distance, the greater its effect on the air ingestion area in the oil film. When the circumferential angle is small, the oil film damping increases with the increase of static eccentricity distance, and when the circumferential angle is large, the oil film damping decreases with the increase of static eccentricity distance and then increases. With the increase of static eccentricity distance, the air ingestion area at both ends of the oil film increases. At the same time, studying the effect of dynamic eccentricity shows that as the dynamic eccentricity increases, the oil film damping first decreases and then increases, and the air ingestion area increases. Comparing the 1 hole, the 2 hole, and the 3 hole oil supplies, the air ingestion area is significantly larger in the 1 hole oil supply than in the 2 hole or the 3 hole oil supplies, and the oil film damping of the 1 hole oil supply is smaller than the oil film damping of the 2 hole or the 3 hole oil supplies. It can be seen from the present study that in the actual installation of the SFD, when the circumferential angle is less than 60°, the static eccentricity can be increased appropriately. When the circumferential angle is greater than 60°, the static eccentricity can be appropriately reduced.