Characteristics of Hydrostatic Bearing/Seal Parts of Hydraulic Pumps and Motors for Water Hydraulic Systems (2nd Report, Theory) Xiongying WANG, Atsushi YAMAGUCHI In this paper, the characteristics of disk-type hydrostatic thrust bearings are discussed theoretical point of view. The bearing/seal parts are made up by combining stainless steel/stainless steel and stainless steel/plastics. The characteristics evaluated by the relationship among the load capacity, pocket pressure, film thickness and leakage flow rate are shown numerically. The main results are as follows: 1) the load capacity expressed by the ratio of hydrostatic balance is dependent not only on the supply pressure (with the same restrictor) but also on the elastic modulus of materials; 2) effects of pressure drop at the outlet land of pocket are much smaller than those of elastic deformation; and 3) the calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental results reported in a previous paper. Key words: Hydrostatic thrust bearings, Stainless steel, Industrial thermoplastics, Elastic deformation, Nozzle, Step effect, Water hydraulic pumps and motors, Theory
Fig. 1 Hydrostatic Thrust Bearing Fig. 2 Point loading of elastic half-space
Table 1 Dimensions and parameters of test apparatus Fig. 3 Schema of calculation
Fig. 5 Measurement of Young's modulus (a) Young's modulus in table 1 (b) Young's modulus given by Eq. (15) Fig. 4 Pocket pressure vs. balanced ratio Fig. 6 Pocket pressure vs. balanced ratio
(a) Supply pressure 9.0MPa (b) Supply pressure 5.0MPa Fig. 7 Pocket pressure vs. balanced ratio Fig. 8 Distribution of pressure and film thickness in the bearing/seal parts Fig. 9 Balanced ratio vs. leakage flow rate and film thickness
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