Stability of a Rigid Rotor Supported on Rough Oil Journal Bearings

Abstract

This investigation deals with the stability of rigid rotors supported on finite rough oil journal bearings using perturbation method. The effect of various surface roughness parameters, viz., composite surface roughness, roughness orientation pattern and variance ratio on the stability has been studied. In general, surface roughness effect when incorporated into the analysis does not show a significant change in the stability for surfaces having same roughness structure. However, the effect of variance ratio (i.e., surfaces having different roughness structure) on stability is quite marked.