BUBBLE DYNAMICS-BASED MODELING OF THE CAVITATION DYNAMICS IN LUBRICATED CONTACTS

Thomas Geike

DOI Number
https://doi.org/10.22190/FUME210112027G
First page
115
Last page
124

Abstract


Cavitation is a common phenomenon in fluid machinery and lubricated contacts. In lubricated contacts, there is a presumption that the short-term tensile stresses at the onset of bubble formation have an influence on material wear. To investigate the duration and magnitude of tensile stresses in lubricating films using numerical simulation, a suitable simulation model must be developed. The chosen simulation approach with bubble dynamics is based on the coupling of the Reynolds equation and Rayleigh-Plesset equation (introduced about 20 years ago by Someya).Following the basic approach from the author’s earlier papers on the negative squeeze motion with bubble dynamics for the simulation of mixed lubrication of rough surfaces, the paper at hand shows modifications to the Rayleigh-Plesset equation that are required to get the time scale for the dynamic processes right. This additional term is called the dilatational viscosity term, and it significantly influences the behavior of the numerical model.

 


Keywords

Cavitation, Mixed Lubrication, Oil Stiction, Negative Squeeze Motion, Bubble Dynamics, Negative Pressure, Wear

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