Abstract
This study presents a numerical procedure for optimizing the load carrying capacity of fluid-film lubricated pocket-shaped slider bearings. The five decision variables defining the geometric profile of the pocket and the height of the pocket-recess in the sliders are independently adjusted in the bearing load optimization procedure by the lattice search scheme. In the optimization process, the finite element meshing is varied automatically by using a blending function method. The combination of the finite element method for film pressure calculations and the element generation technique for automatic meshing yield a powerful tool for optimum design of fluid-film slider bearings. Similar procedure can be adopted to analyze bearings with other design variables or to predict user-defined performance using more complicated models.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 611-616 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Series C/Chung-Kuo Chi Hsueh Kung Ch'eng Hsuebo Pao |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 12 2000 |