Reynolds Equation for sliding contact bearing

Parth Bhala
ME17BTECH11036

The file named ‘github.m’ is simply code downloaded from Github.

It provides with solution for long bearing approximation, long bearing approximation and finally a fully-
fledged finite difference method to obtain the curves.

The other file named ‘reynold_equation.m’ was generated by me by referring to the following research
paper, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2b95/4e14697c42fe9d80e1c9a92ef60295637cea.pdf titled
‘EXPERT KNOWLEDGE-BASE SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF FULL HYDRODYNAMIC
JOURNAL BEARING’.

The following equation and table was used to generate the curves.
The MATLAB code and different plots obtained were –

Plots obtained are (different parameters) v/s (l/d) ratio.

(I was NOT able to find these curves to verify the results)

syms r yin y1 y12 y14;

%{
here -
r- l/d ratio
yin - value of parameter at (l/d) tending to infinity
y1 - value of parameter at (l/d) equal to 1
y12 - value of parameter at (l/d) equal to 0.5
y14 - value of parameter at (l/d) equal to 0.25

the values of yin , y1 , y12 , y14 were taken from the reference attached
in the pdf document.
%}

y = (1/(r^3))*((-1/8)*(1-r)*(1-2*r)*(1-4*r)*yin + (1/3)*(1-2*r)*(1-4*r)*y1 + (-1/4)*(1-

r)*(1-4*r)*y12 + (1/24)*(1-r)*(1-2*r)*y14);

% the above variation of parameter y with (l/d) was obtained from reference
% mentioned in pdf

figure(1) %Sommerfield no
fplot(subs(y,[yin y1 y12 y14],[0.08 0.21 0.345 0.5]),[0.25,8]);
xlabel('l/d');
ylabel('Sommerfield no');
title('Sommerfield no v/s (l/d)');

figure(2) %h0/c
fplot(subs(y,[yin y1 y12 y14],[0.08 0.21 0.345 0.5]),[0.25,8]);
xlabel('l/d');
ylabel('h0/c');
title('h0/c v/s (l/d)');

figure(3) %CFV
fplot(subs(y,[yin y1 y12 y14],[1.75 4.9 9 13.8]),[0.25,8]);
xlabel('l/d');
ylabel('FV');
title('Coeff of friction variable v/s (l/d)');

figure(4) %FV
fplot(subs(y,[yin y1 y12 y14],[2.53 4.1 4.8 5.3]),[0.25,8]);
xlabel('l/d');
ylabel('CFV');
title('Flow Var v/s (l/d)');

figure(5) %Qs/Q - side flow ratio

fplot(subs(y,[yin y1 y12 y14],[0 0.56 0.718 0.848]),[0.25,8]);
xlabel('l/d');
ylabel('Qs/Q');
title('Side flow ratio v/s (l/d)');

figure(6) %P/Pmax
fplot(subs(y,[yin y1 y12 y14],[0 0.47 0.374 0.272]),[0.25,8]);
xlabel('l/d');
ylabel('P/Pmax');
title('P/Pmax v/s (l/d)');
Published with MATLAB® R2018b