Starved lubrication analysis of angular contact ball bearing based on a multi-degree-of-freedom tribo-dynamic model

Chengwei WEN; Xianghui MENG; Jiaming GU; Lin XIAO; Shuang JIANG; Hanbing BI

doi:10.1007/s40544-022-0661-2

Friction 2023, 11(8): 1395-1418 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0661-2

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Starved lubrication analysis of angular contact ball bearing based on a multi-degree-of-freedom tribo-dynamic model

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Chengwei WEN^{¹^,²}, Xianghui MENG^{¹^,²}(

), Jiaming GU^{³^,⁴}, Lin XIAO^{³^,⁴}, Shuang JIANG^⁴, Hanbing BI^⁴

1 State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China

2 School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China

3 Bearing Technical Center, Shanghai Prime Machinery Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201108, China

4 Shanghai Tian An Bearing Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201108, China

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starved lubrication, angular contact ball bearing, tribo-dynamic performance, multi-body interactions

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WEN C, MENG X, GU J, et al. Starved lubrication analysis of angular contact ball bearing based on a multi-degree-of-freedom tribo-dynamic model. Friction, 2023, 11(8): 1395-1418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0661-2

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When the oil supply is not adequate to maintain the ideal lubrication, angular contact ball bearing will enter into the starved lubrication regime resulting in the potential performance degradation and consequently the severe failures. To study the effects of starved lubrication on the performance of angular contact ball bearing, this paper first proposes a multi-degree-of-freedom (DOF) tribo-dynamic model by introducing five-DOF inner ring, six-DOF balls, and six-DOF cage. The model considers the starved lubrication in the ball-raceway contact and the full multi-body interactions between the bearing components. With different ball-raceway starvation degrees being analyzed, the effects of starved lubrication on the bearing tribo-dynamic performance are first revealed. By comparison, it is found that the oil film thickness, the skidding performance, and the traction forces in the ball-raceway contact are significantly influenced by the starvation degrees. It is also found that the starvation-induced change of the ball-pocket contact force is dramatical under combined loads, and the maximum contact force under this load condition increases with the increasing starvation degrees.

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Starved lubrication analysis of angular contact ball bearing based on a multi-degree-of-freedom tribo-dynamic model

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Chengwei WEN^{¹^,²}, Xianghui MENG^{¹^,²}(

), Jiaming GU^{³^,⁴}, Lin XIAO^{³^,⁴}, Shuang JIANG^⁴, Hanbing BI^⁴

1 State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China

2 School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China

3 Bearing Technical Center, Shanghai Prime Machinery Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201108, China

4 Shanghai Tian An Bearing Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201108, China

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Keywords: starved lubrication, angular contact ball bearing, tribo-dynamic performance, multi-body interactions

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Received: 27 August 2021

Revised: 12 February 2022

Accepted: 06 June 2022

Published: 11 February 2023

Issue date: August 2023

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52130502 and 51875344) and the Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration (Grant No. MSVZD202107).

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