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An Advanced Microturbine System with Water-Lubricated Bearings [PDF]
International Journal of Rotating Machinery, 2009 A prototype of the next-generation, high-performance microturbine system was developed for laboratory evaluation. Its unique feature is its utilization of water.
Susumu Nakano +3 more
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Friction, 2023 With the development of green tribology in the shipping industry, the application of water lubrication gradually replaces oil lubrication in stern bearings and thrust bearings.
Zhuo Zhang +10 more
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Tribological and Vibration Properties of Three Different Polymer Materials for Water-Lubricated Bearings. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2020 Water-lubricated bearings usually operate under severe environmental conditions, most likely in the mixed regime, in which surface contact between the drive shaft and the bearing sleeve is often significant.
Wu K +5 more
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Enhancing performance in water lubricated bearings with groove structures: a CFD analysis
Cogent EngineeringAs the development of green tribology in marine industries has gained traction, there has been a gradual shift in the utilization of water-lubricated bearings over oil lubrication in stern tube bearings.
Girish Hariharan +3 more
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Effect of Groove Structure on Lubrication Performance of Water-Lubricated Stern Tube Bearings
Lubricants, 2023 This study investigated the lubrication characteristics (i.e., the groove ratio and width) of water-lubricated stern tube bearings, based on the flexibility matrix method and lubrication theory.
Shengdong Zhang
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Lubricants, 2023 The present study aims to establish a mixed lubrication model for staved stern tube bearings lubricated with water, in which the average Reynolds equation and a KE elastic–plastic contact model are introduced to calculate the hydrodynamic pressure and ...
Dongxing Tang +3 more
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Dynamic characteristics of water-lubricated journal bearings
Mechanics & Industry, 2019 The increasing ecological awareness and stringent requirements for environmental protection have led to the development of water lubricated journal bearings. For the investigation of water-lubricated journal bearings, a new structured mesh movement algorithm for the CFD model is developed and based on this method, the nonlinear transient hydrodynamic ...
Qiang Li +5 more
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Experimental Study on the Dynamic Performance of Water-Lubricated Rubber Bearings with Local Contact [PDF]
Shock and Vibration, 2018 Accurate dynamic characteristic coefficients of water-lubricated rubber bearings are necessary to research vibration of ship propulsion system. Due to mixed lubrication state of water-lubricated rubber bearings, normal test rig and identification method ...
Wu Ouyang +3 more
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Tribology OnlineThis paper examines the evolution of water-lubricated bearings (WLBs) and explores the use of water as a lubricant, highlighting the technological challenges involved in commercialising WLBs for marine applications.
Praveen Kumar +2 more
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Nonlinear transient analysis of water lubricated bearing in the turbulent regime. [PDF]
Sci RepAbstractInfluence of turbulence on the stability characteristics of a water lubricated journal bearing is analyzed. Locus of the journal centre is plotted using the non – linear transient analysis method for different flow regimes of the bearing subjected to three different types of loading.
Mallya R, Pai R, Shenoy Baloor S.
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