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A Coupled Cavitation Model in an Oscillatory Oil Squeeze Film
Xu Liu1, Xiaoyang Chen1, *, Rongyu Kang1, Xuejin Shen1, Ben Ni2
1 Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200072, China.
2 Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI 48126, USA.
* Corresponding Author: Xiaoyang Chen. Email: .
Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2020, 123(1), 129-152. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmes.2020.07836
Received 03 July 2019; Accepted 16 January 2020; Issue published 01 April 2020
Abstract
In this paper, the oscillatory oil squeeze film is taken as a research object, and
a coupled cavitation model based on the theory of bubble dynamics and hydrodynamic
lubrication is used and a specific method of numerical calculation is given. Then the
parallel-plate squeeze film test apparatus is used to validate the coupled cavitation model.
The pictures of the cavitation were captured by a high-speed camera and then processed
to obtain the variation of the cavitation area in experiments. Compared with the
experimental results, the model can successfully predict the process of generation and
development of cavitation. At the same time, the pressure variation calculated by the
model is in good agreement with the experimental data and the value of negative pressure
is close to the experiment. On this basis, three new parameters that are related to bubble
dynamics are studied by comparing the pressure and cavitation area variation in an
oscillating squeeze oil film. The results show that surface dilatational viscosity, initial
radii of cavitation nuclei and number of bubbles per unit area have a significant influence
on the generation time of the cavitation, the maximum tensile stress that the oil film can
withstand, and the speed of the cavitation collapse respectively.
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Cite This Article
Liu, X., Chen, X., Kang, R., Shen, X., Ni, B. (2020). A Coupled Cavitation Model in an Oscillatory Oil Squeeze Film.
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 123(1), 129–152.