The paper discusses the research on foil bearings with antifriction coating manufactured from synthetic materials. The tests were carried out on a special test stand of our own construction, designed with the use of numerical analysis. In the course of the experimental studies, the test stand was set up in two configurations: with one or two foil bearings. The measurements were done, which focused on temperature distributions with the aid of thermocouples and thermovision camera. The measurements were being performed under varying conditions of bearing operation. The conducted experiments permitted to verify the durability, thermal characteristics, and dynamic performance of foil bearings in different configurations. An original method to measure temperature of a top foil has been worked out.
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Experimental Studies on Foil Bearing With a Sliding Coating Made of Synthetic Material
Grzegorz Zywica,
Grzegorz Zywica
Mem. ASME
Head of the Turbines Dynamics
and Diagnostics Department
Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: gzywica@imp.gda.pl
Head of the Turbines Dynamics
and Diagnostics Department
Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: gzywica@imp.gda.pl
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Pawel Baginski,
Pawel Baginski
Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: pbaginski@imp.gda.pl
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: pbaginski@imp.gda.pl
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Slawomir Banaszek
Slawomir Banaszek
Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: slawomir.banaszek@imp.gda.pl
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: slawomir.banaszek@imp.gda.pl
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Grzegorz Zywica
Mem. ASME
Head of the Turbines Dynamics
and Diagnostics Department
Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: gzywica@imp.gda.pl
Head of the Turbines Dynamics
and Diagnostics Department
Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: gzywica@imp.gda.pl
Pawel Baginski
Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: pbaginski@imp.gda.pl
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: pbaginski@imp.gda.pl
Slawomir Banaszek
Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: slawomir.banaszek@imp.gda.pl
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Fiszera 14 Street,
Gdansk 80-231, Poland
e-mail: slawomir.banaszek@imp.gda.pl
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Tribology Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF TRIBOLOGY. Manuscript received December 23, 2014; final manuscript received June 22, 2015; published online September 22, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Satish V. Kailas.
J. Tribol. Jan 2016, 138(1): 011301 (10 pages)
Published Online: September 22, 2015
Article history
Received:
December 23, 2014
Revised:
June 22, 2015
Citation
Zywica, G., Baginski, P., and Banaszek, S. (September 22, 2015). "Experimental Studies on Foil Bearing With a Sliding Coating Made of Synthetic Material." ASME. J. Tribol. January 2016; 138(1): 011301. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4031396
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