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Simulation research on dynamic characteristics of scroll compressor with flexible clearance
Haifei Qiu1,2, Zhang Yifan1, Li Feiyang1
1School of Mechanical Engineering of XIJING University, Xi'an, China.
Plos One
|February 3, 2025
Abstract:
The scroll compressor is a rotating machinery with high-speed and high-precision characteristics. In this paper, a vector model of the kinematic pair was constructed based on two-state clearance. To confirm the adverse effects of tiny clearance (0
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