Sliding

Bearings
Lecture Notes
Prepared by H. Orhan
YILDIRAN

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MECE 304 Mechanical Machine Elements-Sliding Bearings

LECTURE NOTES- MECE 304 Mechanical

Machine Elements
Chapter 7- (a) Sliding Bearings
(Notes from: Chapter 12, Budynas R.G., Nisbett
J.K., Shigleys Mechanical Engineering Design,
Mc Graw Hill, 8th Edition and special notes)

Spring Semester 2007/2008

Halil Orhan YILDIRAN, MS

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Sliding bearing identifies a bearing in which a movable component,

generally a shaft, a shaft extension or a guide rail, slides on top of the
surface - the slide - of a stationary bushing, a bearing seat or a
sliding strip. Sliding bearings are to support or to guide the parts
movably opposed to each other as well as to absorb and transfer the
occurring forces.

Depending on the choises of the bearing lubrication may be required

for the application. Any process by which the friction in a moving
contact is reduced may be described as lubrication. Traditionally this
description has presented no problems. Friction reduction was
obtained by introducing a solid (graphite, soap) or liquid material,
called a lubricant.
The most important single property of a liquid lubricant is its viscosity.

12-1 Types of lubrication

1-Hydrodynamic
2- Hydrostatic
3-Elastohydrodynamic
4-Boundary
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12-2 Viscosity

From the below figure

=F/A= du/dy 12-1
For Newtonian fluids rate of shear (du/dy) is constant and
=F/A= U/h 12-2
Where
= absolute (dynamic) viscosity (Pa.sec)
U= velocity
h=lubricant film thickness

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12-3 Petroffs equation

W=force on bearing (N)

P=pressure (Pa)
f=coefficient of friction
N=speed (rev/sec) 5
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Sommerfeld Number

Where r/c is called is called radial clearance ratio. From Eq 12-6

and 12-7 we obtain an interesting relation below;

P=pressure (Pa)
f=coefficient of friction
N=speed (rev/sec)
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12-4 Stable lubrication

Fig12-4 f vs mN/P. Points rigth of line BA are

stable lubrication
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12-5 Thick film lubrication

Fig 12-6 Nomenclature of a
Fig 12-5 Formation of a film partial journal bearing

h0 is minimum film thickness,

e is eccentricity,
is the angular length of
partial bearing
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12-6 Design Considerations

The given or under control of designer variables:
*Viscosity
*the load per unit of projected bearing area P
*The speed N
*the bearing dimensions r, c, beta and L

Indirectly controlled variables

*coefficient of friction f
*the temperature rise T
*the volume flow rate of oil Q
*The minimum film thickness ho

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12-7 The relation of variables

Fig 12-13Viscosity temperature chart

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The relation of variables

Fig 12-15 Polar diagram of the film-pressure distribution showing

notation used

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The relation of variables

Fig 12-16 Chart for minimum film thickness variable and eccentricity
ratio. The left boundary of the zone defines the optimal h0 for min.
friction, the rigth boundary is optimum h0 for load.
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The relation of variables

Fig 12-17 Chart for determinin the position of minimum film

thickness h0

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The relation of variables

Fig 12-18 Chart for coefficient of friction variable

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The relation of variables

Fig 12-19 Chart for flow variable

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The relation of variables

Fig 12-20 Chart for determining the ratio of side flow to total flow

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The relation of variables

Fig 12-21 Chart for determining the max. film pressure. The
locations where the terminating and max. Pressure occur as
per fig 12-15 are determined from fig 12-22
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The relation of variables

Fig 12-22 Chart for determining the terminating position of

the lubricant film and the position of max. pressure

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12-10 Clearance

Fig 12-25 A plot of some performance characteristics of the

bearing of Exs. 12- 1 to 12-4 for radial clearances of 0.0127
to 0.0762 mm
Note: Wear increases the clearance
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12-12 Loads and materials

Table 12-5
Range of unit
loads in current
use for sleeve
bearings

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12-13 Bearing Types

Fig 12-32 sleeve

bushings

Fig 12-33 Two

piece bushings

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Fig. 12-34 Developed views of typical groove patterns

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DU Bearings
These bearing are covered with PTFE and maintenance free.

Some internet addresses for bearings:

http://glt-gleitlagertechnik.de/english/sliding_bearings
http://www.ina.de
http://www.devran.com.tr

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Notes on the usage of DU bearings.

*Check conditions of application
*Check housing and shaft sizes
*Use proper assembly tools
*These bearing are used as assembled. No machined operation is
allowed on the friction faces.

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