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Published on: August 13, 2019
Dynamic characteristics of high-speed gasoline engine turbocharger based on thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication
Can Song Gu1,2, Zhao Cheng Yuan1, Zheng Rui Yang2
1College of Automotive Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. China.
Abstract:
A flexible multibody dynamic calculation model based on thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication bearing model was established. This numerical simulation method provided a more realistic turbocharger calculation model and a more reliable theoretical support for studying the dynamic vibration characteristics of the floating ring bearing turbocharger system. In order to fully consider the dynamic characteristics of each component, the behavior of the floating ring bearing was described by generalized incompressible Reynolds equation in thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication model. The flexible body substructure models were established by the modal synthesis method. Based on this model, the direct mathematical model of the relationship between the eccentricity of the rotor and the oil film clearance on the turbocharger's surface vibration was established. The influence of eccentricity and oil film thickness on the surface vibration of the turbocharger body was calculated by transient dynamics method. The results showed that the eccentricity of the rotor and the vibration of turbocharger housing were monotonic functions, but the interaction between the whirl of internal and external oil films made the mechanism of the influence of the oil film thickness on the turbocharger body's vibration complicated. The research provided a new idea for the structural vibration and synchronous noise control of the supercharger.
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