HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION IN

MECHANICAL FACE SEAL

Presented By: SURAJ KUMAR MISHRA | 183667
: VAIBHAV SINGHAL | 183515

Guided By: Dr. SYED ISMAIL

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Department
NIT Warangal

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CONTENT INTRODUCTION
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OBJECTIVE
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FLUID FILM PRESSURE
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04 CONTACT PRESSURE

05 DYNAMIC MODEL

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 INTRODUCTION

What is Face Seal ? Lubricating Regimes

A mechanical seal is a device
• hydrodynamic lubrication
suitable to close a gap or

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regime
make a joint to prevent fluid
• Mixed lubrication regime
leakage.
• Boundary lubrication
regime

Undesired Phenomena
in Mechanical Face

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COMPONENTS
seals
Two rings :–
• Stationary • Stick–slip
• Moving • Ringing and squeal noise
generation
• Wear
• Fluid leakage
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OBJECTIVE

To analyze and evaluate how

dynamic parameter design
influences the behavior of
mechanical face seals and
improves their performance by
detecting undesirable phenomena
like stick– slip and ringing.

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FLUID PRESSURE Patir and Cheng
the average
Reynolds equation

Approximate
Equation

Easy to change
colors, photos and
Text.
Variation of Film
thickness hn(r)=h1n+n(r-r1)

Fluid Pressure
relation

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 Fluid Film Pressure
VS Radius

Generated
graph

Provided
graph

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CONTACT PRESSURE
Probability density
function of
roughness

Interface portion
in mechanical
contact

Contact Pressure
Equaution Pc = bm Sc

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 Provided
graph

Generated
graph

Contact Pressure VS
Radius

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FORCE ANALYSIS
DYNAMIC
MODEL 𝑟2
 Mℎሷ 1n + Cℎሶ 1n + Kh1n = ‫𝑟׬‬1 2𝜋𝑃 𝑟𝑑𝑟

Where, P = p + pc

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FLUID FILM PRESSURE OPTIMIZATION BY
FDM TECHNIQUE

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 Friction Coefficient
VS Rotational Speed

Generated
graph

Provided
graph

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MOMENT ANALYSIS
DYNAMIC
MODEL
 J𝜃ሷ + Ct𝜃ሶ + Ktθ = Mb + Ml

𝑟2
 Mb + Ml = ‫𝑟׬‬1 2𝜋𝑓 𝜔 pc r2dr +
𝑟2
‫𝑟׬‬1 2𝜋 𝜔𝜇 (r3 | h1n + n(r – r1))dr

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FRICTION TORQUE VARIATION

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RESULT

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 RESULT
1) These curves are plotted at a constant temperature of 700C, so the friction law
variation vs rotational speed with different mean peripheral speed standard
deviation has been shown in the graph.

2) This comparison of different critical speed demonstrate that the model is

suitable to predict the ringing conditions in terms of critical speed and thus of
incipient instabilities during shaft deceleration. Furthermore in the paper it
was experimentally found that an increase or decrease in critical speed in
compatible with an increase or decrease in axial stiffness.

3) In fact, increasing axial stiffness K leads to a higher contact force, which is

the same result that would be obtained by increasing the initial compression
of the spring.
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THANKYOU

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