REVIEW ARTICLE
Study on Nonlinear Friction-Induced Vibration in Water-Lubricated Rubber Stern Tube Bearings
Engao Peng*, 1, Zhenglin Liu1, Xincong Zhou1, Yuzhong Tian2, Meiyun Zhao1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2012Volume: 6
First Page: 140
Last Page: 147
Publisher Id: TOMEJ-6-140
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01206010140
Article History:
Received Date: 11/6/2012Revision Received Date: 19/7/2012
Acceptance Date: 19/7/2012
Electronic publication date: 28/12/2012
Collection year: 2010
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Abstract
Nonlinear friction-induced vibration deteriorated the performance of marine rubber stern tube bearings (RSTB) in a wide variety of propulsion system. In the paper, this study was performed on the level of both practical and experimental bifurcation analysis. Hereto, an experimental set-up of SSB-100 marine stern tube bearing test machine was applied to carry on this project. The synthesis of these practical and experimental results confirmed that nonlinear frictioninduced vibration was due to a subtle balance of negative damping at lower speeds or viscous friction at higher speeds. Furthermore, it was shown how these essential friction characteristics depended on physical conditions such as temperature, normal forces and the material properties in the frictional contact.
