• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2016

In this paper hydrodynamic lubrication analysis is carried out to investigate the effects of groove location on the lubrication performance of a piston and cylinder system in a linear compressor. The rectangle shaped grooves having a constant groove depth and width are applied on the lubrication area of the piston. The Universal Reynolds equation is used to calculate the oil film pressure, and the Elrod algorithm with the finite different method is used to solve the governing equation. The JFO boundary condition is applied to predict cavitation regions. Transient analysis for different locations of the grooves on the piston is carried out using the typical operating condition of the linear compressor in order to estimate the variations of frictional power losses and minimum film thicknesses. When the grooves are applied on the lubrication area, both the frictional power loss and the minimum film thickness decrease. The frictional power loss can be reduced effectively, while maintaining a minimum film thickness to enable the piston operation without direct contact with the cylinder surface, by means of choosing a proper location of the grooves. The optimum location of the grooves to improve a lubrication performance depends on the operation condition or the system requirements specification.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.221-228
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• 2015

It is possible to prevent a piston from contacting the cylinder by changing the shape of the piston or by applying micro-textures, such as micro-grooves or micro-holes, over the piston surface. Usually, the minimum radial clearance reaches its minimum value at the beginning of the suction stroke because the pressure around the piston is low and almost axisymmetric such that the net pressure force on the piston is not sufficiently high to support the piston from touching the cylinder. In this study, we apply a series of saw-tooth-shaped grooves on the piston surface, and numerically investigate the effects of groove depth, groove angle, and the number of grooves with radial clearance variations using a finite difference method. We conduct a dynamic analysis of the piston for various changes in groove geometries to obtain the minimum radial clearance variation for the entire compression cycle. The minimum radial clearance increases while friction loss decreases when we apply the series of saw-tooth-shaped grooves on the piston. In addition, we analyze the impact of the change in the groove shape variable due to changes in radial clearance. Leakage variations are relevant to radial clearance, but have almost no effect on the groove parameters.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.299-308
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• 2011

본 논문은 항만공사용 로봇의 실린더 길이 측정을 위한 압력 옵서버 개발이다. 로봇의 유압 실린더 제어를 위해 변위 센서가 필요하며 일반적으로 LVDT, 리니어 스케일 등이 사용된다. 이러한 센서는 실린더 외부몸통에 장착되므로 건설현장과 같은 열악한 환경에서 사용할 경우 내구성이 좋지 못하다. 본 논문에서는 압력센서를 이용하여 간접적으로 실린더 길이를 측정한다. 압력센서는 유압 밸브박스 내부에 장착되어 외부충격으로부터 보호되며 방수가 용이하다. 오일을 압축성 매개체로 간주하여 실린더의 위치와 속도 함수인 동적압력 방정식을 유도하고 RLS를 이용하여 실린더가 전진, 후진 리미트에 도달할 때마다 파라미터를 갱신한다.