• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.300-309
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• 2019

Gas foil thrust bearings (GFTBs) support axial loads in oil-free, high speed rotating machinery using air or gas as a lubricant. Due to the inherent low viscosity of the lubricant, GFTBs often have super-laminar flows in the film region at operating conditions with high Reynolds numbers. This paper develops a mathematical model of a GFTB with turbulent flows and validates the model predictions against those from the literature. The pressure distribution, film thickness distribution, load carrying capacity, and power loss are predicted for both laminar and turbulent flow models and compared with each other. Predictions for an air lubricant show that the GFTB has high Reynolds numbers at the leading edge where the film thickness is large and relatively low Reynolds numbers at the trailing edge. The predicted load capacity and power loss for the turbulent flow model show little difference from those for the laminar flow model even at the highest speed of 100 krpm, because the Reynolds numbers are smaller than the critical Reynolds number. On the other hand, refrigerant (R-134a) lubricant, which has a higher density than air, had significant differences due to high Reynolds numbers in the film region, in particular, near the leading and outer edges. The predicted load capacity and power loss for the turbulent flow model are 2.1 and 2.3 times larger, respectively, than those for the laminar flow model, thus implying that the turbulent flow greatly affects the performance of the GFTB.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.441-446
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• 2001

In this paper the effect of bump compliance, load, and the number of pad on the lift-off speed is studied. When the load is greater and bump compliance lower, the shaft is lifted off at higher rotating speed. And when the load is applied near the center of pad, lift-off speed is lower. When the number of pad increases, the lift-off speed is higher. The lift-off characteristics can be used to lengthen the lift time of the coating and design the rotating machinery supported by bump bearings.

• 한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국윤활학회 2001년도 제33회 춘계학술대회 개최
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• pp.236-242
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• 2001

In this paper the effect of bump compliance, load, and the number of pad on the lift-off speed is studied. When the load is greater and bump compliance lower, the shaft is lifted off at higher rotating speed. And when the load is applied near the center of pad, lift-off speed is lower. When the number of pad increases, the lift-off speed is higher. The lift-off characteristics can be used to lengthen the life time of the coating and design the rotating machinery supported by bump bearings.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2000년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.593-598
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• 2000

In this paper the critical speed analysis and design sensitivity investigation are carried out with an APU(auxiliary power unit) gas turbine having a spline shaft connection. The DDM(direct differential method) is directly applied to formulate the critical speed design sensitivity problem of a general nonsymmetric-matrix rotor-bearing system. The design sensitivity analysis have shown that the critical speed change rate to the support modeling of the spline shaft connection point is extremely negligible, and thereby its design uncertainty is lifted. It has also been confirmed that the critical speeds up to the 4th are not sensitive to the design stiffness coefficients of 4-main bearings or supports, including two air foil bearings. Further, the critical speed change rate to the shaft-element length have shown quantitatively that the spline shaft has some limited influence on the 4th critical speed.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.168-175
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• 2009

본 논문은 에어포일 베어링을 적용한 45,000[rpm]/22[kW]급 초고속 영구자석형 동기전동기의 센서리스 제어을 위한 개선된 알고리즘을 제안한다. 에어포일 베어링이 적용된 전동기를 정지상태에서 초기 기동시 부터 고속영역까지 전 속도 영역에 걸쳐 센서리스 알고리즘을 구현하기 위하여 반복 적응자속관측기를 제안하여 회전자의 회전각 및 속도를 실시간으로 추정하여 센서리스 제어 알고리즘을 구현하였다. 기존 적응자속관측기의 주파수 응답특성을 개선하고 넓은 속도 범위에서 안정된 응답을 얻기 위하여 속도에 따른 회전자의 추정 위치각과 실제 회전각과의 오차를 시뮬레이션을 통하여 분석한 후 안정된 위상지연 특성을 나타내는 반복 횟수를 얻고 전류제어 주기 내에서 관측기를 반복 수행하여 적응자속관측기의 동특성 성능을 개선하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 또한 제안된 반복 적응 자속관측기를 적용한 센서리스 알고리즘의 타당성을 입증하기 위하여 실험을 통하여 검증하였다.