Abstract: In order to investigate experimentally the dynamic behavior of a noncontacting flexibly mounted rotor (FMR) mechanical face seal a test rig was designed and built. Test results showed that the ...

Abstract: A mechanical face seal is a triboelement intended to minimize leakage between a rotating shaft and a housing, while allowing the shaft to rotate as freely as possible. All dynamic analysis ...

Abstract: The dynamic behavior of mechanical face seals has been an active area of research over the past three decades. Analytical and experimental investigations have exclusively been devoted to the ...

Abstract: Recent theoretical work on the dynamics of the noncontacting flexibly mounted rotor (FMR) seal has shown that it is superior in every aspect of dynamic behavior compared to the flexibly mounted ...

Abstract: Many practical rotor dynamic systems contain shaft/rotor elements that are highly susceptible to transverse cross-sectional cracks due to fatigue. The early detection of mechanical malfunction that ...

Abstract: An increase in the power-to-weight ratio demand on rotordynamic systems causes increased susceptibility to transverse fatigue cracking of the shaft. The ability to detect cracks at an early stage ...

Abstract: The gas film stiffness and damping properties for a spiral grooved mechanical face seal in a flexibly mounted stator configuration are computed using the step jump method and a novel direct ...

Abstract: A numerical solution is presented for the dynamic analysis of gas lubricated noncontacting mechanical face seals having a single grounded flexibly mounted stator. Seal dynamics is solved in axial ...