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Characteristics of the Gas Journal Bearing

in Micro-rotor Systems

 

ZHANG Wenming1  MENG Guang1  CHEN Di2

(1. State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240;
2. Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030)

 

Abstract: Considering the boundary conditions due to the slip effect, the modified Reynolds equation is applied to investigate the dynamical lubrication characteristics of the gas bearing of micro-rotor system in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), the real pressure distribution in the interior of the bearing, the load carrying capacity and the attitude angle are obtained by using numerical calculation method. The characteristics of micro-lubricated gas journal bearings compared with those obtained from macro infinite short bearing indicate that the slip effect has great impact on the dynamical lubrication characteristics of gas bearing. The macro infinite short bearing model and the bearing model without slip effect will overestimate the load carrying capacity of the gas bearing, particularly in the range of high eccentricity e (e >0.6), i.e., the discrepancy will be larger. When the micro-rotor system runs at high-speed or super high-speed, the pressure and load carrying capacity of the gas bearing can be improved.

Key words: Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)  Gas bearing  Slip effect

CLC No: TH117.2 TH133

国家杰出青年基金 (10325209)、国家自然科学基金(10602033, 50575132)和中国博士后基金(20060400165)资助项目. Received 20070513 , received in revised form 20080103

 
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