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Last revised: Mar. 12, 2020

MEE6002: Air Film Lubrication


1. Class information

  • Class Year and semester: 2019, SPRING semester
  • Course No. : MEE6002
  • Course title: Air Film Lubrication
  • Credit-Lecture Hour-Practice Training: 3.00-3.00-0.00
  • Course outline: One Three-hour lecture/week
  • Organizing Department: Mechanical Design Engineering (Graduate School; ERICA)

2. Instructor information
  • Name: Dr. Keun Ryu
  • Department: Mechanical Design Engineering
  • Email: kryu@hanyang.ac.kr
  • Web: http://turbolab.hanyang.ac.kr/MEE6002.html

  • Office hours: By scheduled appointment (E-mail in advance required)
  • About office hours: This is to encourage individual interaction between the students and the instructor. Students should prepare by organizing questions in advance.

3. Course objective
  To introduce the fundamental physical principles of the classical theory of gas film lubrication and to review the latest advances and applications to high speed air film bearings

4. Course Description:
  The class will introduce fundamental principles and classical theory of modern air film lubrication and practical application of air/gas bearings for oil-free turbomachinery.
Prerequisites: Vibrations, Fluid Dynamics, Dynamics


5. References: ALL Available in Hanyang University Library
  TBA


6. Grading
Homework (30%), Mid-term Exam (30%), Final Exam (30%), Attendance (5%), Class participation (5%)
Attendance to the lectures is a must for success.


7. Lecture material and topics

• Week 1
 Introduction to gas bearings


• Week 2
  Simple slider gas bearings

• Assignment 1

https://youtu.be/VmiEUBQbcIE

Please transcribe the above Youtube video clip. (due: Mar. 26)

• Assignment 2 (due: Apr. 2)

I assign one technical paper to each individual group.
- Gas-bearing turbomachinery

- Experimental Investigation of Air Bearings for Gas Turbine Engines
- Oil-Free Shaft Support System Rotordynamics: Past, Present and Future Challenges and Opportunities
- Pivoted-Pad Journal Gas Bearing Performance in Exploratory Operation of Brayton Cycle Turbocompressor

Each group will have 40 minutes for presentation.
Please make a summary of the paper which you study using powerpoint format.
1. # of Slides: No more than 40 pages
2. Due: YOUR presentation date
3. Format: Email me your file (ppt format) to kryu@hanyang.ac.kr on your presentation date.

• Week 3

  Dynamic force coefficients for slider gas bearings


•Week 4

  Cylindrical gas journal bearings

• Assignment 3

I assign one technical paper to each individual group.
- The Use of Spiral Groove Gas Bearings in a 350 000 rpm Cryogenic Expander
- Analysis of an Aerodynamic Compliant Foil Thrust Bearing: Method for a Rapid Design
- Maximum Load Capacity Profiles for Gas Thrust Bearings Working Under High Compressibility Number Conditions
- Advancements in the Performance of Aerodynamic Foil Journal Bearings: High speed and Load Capacities

Each group will have 40 minutes for presentation.
Please make a summary of the paper which you study using powerpoint format.
1. # of Slides: No more than 40 pages
2. Due: YOUR presentation date
3. Format: Email me your file (ppt format) to kryu@hanyang.ac.kr on your presentation date.


• Week 5

  Thin film flow analysis for cylindrical bearing


• Week 6

  Frequency reduced force coefficients for tilting pad bearings

• Assignment 4

I assign one technical paper to each individual group.
- Theoretical Analysis and Optimum Design of High Speed Gas Film Thrust Bearings
- Thermal Distortion of Spiral-Grooved Gas-Lubricated Thrust Bearings
- Optimum Surface Profile for the Enclosed Pocket Hydrodynamic Gas Thrust Bearing

- Effect of Compliance on the Extend of Optimum Compliant Air Thrust Bearing Operating Range

Each group will have 40 minutes for presentation.
Please make a summary of the paper which you study using powerpoint format.
1. # of Slides: No more than 40 pages
2. Due: YOUR presentation date
3. Format: Email me your file (ppt format) to kryu@hanyang.ac.kr on your presentation date.


• Week 7

  Some consideration on the solution of Reynolds equation for gas films


• Week 8

  Mid-term exam


• Week 9

  Example of performance of a plain cylindrical gas journal bearing


• Week 10

  Gas journal bearing force coefficients and dynamic stability


• Week 11

  Performance of a flexure pivot – tilting pad hydrostatic gas bearing


• Week 12

  An introduction to gas foil bearingsPerformance of a simple one dimensional foil bearing


• Week 13

  Consideration on foil bearings for oil-free turbomachinery


• Week 14

  Compliant surface bearings

• Week 15

  Rigid surface gas bearings


• Week 16

  Final Exam


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