Experimental investigation of time-dependent cavitation in an oscillatory squeeze film

The occurrence of time-dependent cavitation and tensile stress in an oscillatory oil squeeze film were investigated experimentally. The test apparatus was a simple thrust bearing consisting of two parallel circular plates separated by a thin viscous oil film. During the test, one plate was at rest while the other (transparent) oscillated in a direction normal to its surface. This test configuration was chosen to avoid the rotational motion and complicated geometry of a squeeze film journal bearing. The frequency of oscillation was in the range of 5 to 50 Hz and was controlled by an electro-magnetic exciter. The process of cavity formation and its subsequent development was recorded by a high-speed video camera. Concomitant pressure in the oil film was measured both within and without the cavitation region. It was found that both tensile stress and cavities existed in a squeeze film under certain working conditions.     

A mechanistic analysis of stone fracture in lithotripsy

In vitro experiments and an elastic wave model were used to analyze how stress is induced in kidney stones by lithotripsy and to test the roles of individual mechanisms-spallation, squeezing, and cavitation. Cylindrical U30 cement stones were treated in an HM-3-style lithotripter. Baffles were used to block specific waves responsible for spallation or squeezing. Stones with and without surface cracks added to simulate cavitation damage were tested in glycerol (a cavitation suppressive medium). Each case was simulated using the elasticity equations for an isotropic medium. The calculated location of maximum stress compared well with the experimental observations of where stones fractured in two pieces. Higher calculated maximum tensile stress correlated with fewer shock waves required for fracture. The highest calculated tensile stresses resulted from shear waves initiated at the proximal corners and strengthened along the side surfaces of the stone by the liquid-borne lithotripter shock wave. Peak tensile stress was in the distal end of the stone where fracture occurred. Reflection of the longitudinal wave from the distal face of the stone--spallation-produced lower stresses. Surface cracks accelerated fragmentation when created near the location where the maximum stress was predicted.     

Photoacoustic cavitation in spherical and cylindrical absorbers

Photomechanical damage in absorbing regions or particles surrounded by a non-absorbing medium is investigated experimentally and theoretically. The damage mechanism is based on the generation of thermoelastic pressure by absorption of pulsed laser radiation under conditions of stress confinement. Principles of photoacoustic sound generation predict that the acoustic wave generated in a finite-size absorbing region must contain both compressive and tensile stresses. Time-resolved imaging experiments were performed to examine whether the tensile stress causes cavitation in absorbers of spherical or cylindrical shape. The samples were absorbing water droplets and gelatin cylinders suspended in oil. They were irradiated with 6-ns-long pulses from an optical parametric oscillator. Photoacoustic cavitation was observed near the center of the absorbers, even if the estimated temperature caused by absorption of the laser pulse did not exceed the boiling point. The experimental findings are supported by theoretical simulations that reveal strong tensile stress in the interior of the absorbers, near the center of symmetry. Tensile stress amplitudes depend on the shape of the absorber, the laser pulse duration, and the ratio of absorber size to optical absorption length. The photoacoustic damage mechanism has implications for the interaction of ns and sub-nslaser pulses with pigmented structures in biological tissue. Received: 9 October 1998 / Accepted: 5 January 1999 / Published online: 31 March 1999     

Rotor drop and following thermal growth simulations using detailed auxiliary bearing and damper models

Catcher bearings (CBs) or auxiliary bearings provide mechanical backup protection in the events of magnetic bearing failure. This paper presents numerical analysis for a rotor drop on CBs and following thermal growths due to their mechanical rub using detailed CB and damper models. The detailed CB model is determined based on its material, geometry, speed and preload using the nonlinear Hertzian load–deflection formula, and the thermal growths of bearing components during the rotor drop are estimated using a 1D thermal model. A finite-element squeeze film damper provides the pressure profile of an annular oil film and the resulting viscous damping force. Numerical simulations of an energy storage flywheel with magnetic suspensions failed reveal that an optimal CB design using the detailed simulation models stabilizes the rotor drop dynamics and lowers the thermal growths while preventing the high-speed backward whirl. Furthermore, CB design guides based on the simulation results are presented.     

NVH and reliability analyses of the engine with different interaction models between the crankshaft and bearing

The precision of the interaction model is very important to predict NVH and the reliability of an internal combustion engine. The interaction model between the crankshaft and the bearing is hard to be established precisely due to its complex interaction relationship and dynamic characteristic. In this paper, the elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication model with cavitation theory is built to couple with multi-body dynamic theory to analyze the noise and reliability of the engine, the results were compared with nonlinear spring model and hydrodynamic lubrication model based on a typical in-line six cylinder engines, such as load carrying capacity of the bearing, velocity level of the engine surface, noise level of engine surface and stress of the crankshaft. The results showed that the vibration, noise and stress prediction difference is due to the exciting of the oil film pressure distribution, rigid and flexible body that is used to build the dynamic model will lead the load capacity of the bearing to be great different. Nonlinear spring model and hydrodynamic lubrication model are precise enough to predict the vibration or noise. The All the analysis will provide the guidance for the engine NVH optimization and structural reliability design.     

ANALYSIS OF THE MULTIPLE-SOLUTION RESPONSE OF A FLEXIBLE ROTOR SUPPORTED ON NON-LINEAR SQUEEZE FILM DAMPERS

The multiple-solution response of rotors supported on squeeze film dampers is a typical non-linear phenomenon. The behaviour of the multiple-solution response in a flexible rotor supported on two identical squeeze film dampers with centralizing springs is studied by three methods: synchronous circular centred-orbit motion solution, numerical integration method and slow acceleration method using the assumption of a short bearing and cavitated oil film; the differences of computational results obtained by the three different methods are compared in this paper. It is shown that there are three basic forms for the multiple-solution response in the flexible rotor system supported on the squeeze film dampers, which are the resonant, isolated bifurcation and swallowtail bifurcation multiple solutions. In the multiple-solution speed regions, the rotor motion may be subsynchronous, super-subsynchronous, almost-periodic and even chaotic, besides synchronous circular centred, even if the gravity effect is not considered. The assumption of synchronous circular centred-orbit motion for the journal and rotor around the static deflection line can be used only in some special cases; the steady state numerical integration method is very useful, but time consuming. Using the slow acceleration method, not only can the multiple-solution speed regions be detected, but also the non-synchronous response regions.     

In-situ surface stress and magnetic property of CoCrX(X = Pt, Ta)/CrTi bilayer during sputter-deposition

The measurement of the force per width of CoCrX(X = Pt, Ta)/CrTi bilayer showed that both the surface structure state and surface stress of CoCrX magnetic layer can be controlled by regulating the average film stress of CrTi underlayer through a variation of deposition conditions such as deposition rate and temperature as well as underlayer thickness. As the tensile surface stress of CoCrX magnetic layer was more, its coercivity was also more. This was because not a dynamic phase decomposition with a compressive ledge due to high adatoms mobility but an epitaxial film growth with a tensile ledge due to low adatoms mobility. Thus, the development of the crystallographic texture of CoCrX alloy can largely improved its coercivity. It is believed that the principal mechanism determining the coercivity of CoCrX/CrTi film is the optimized development of the crystallographic texture through an evolution of the surface stress of CrTi underlayer.     

Effects of adjacent bubble on spatiotemporal evolutions of mechanical stresses surrounding bubbles oscillating in tissues

The cavitation dynamics and mechanical stress in viscoelastic tissues, as the primary mechanisms of some ultrasound therapies, are extremely complex due to the interactions of cavitation bubble with adjacent bubbles and surrounding tissues. Therefore, the cavitation dynamics and resultant mechanical stress of two-interacting bubbles in the viscoelastic tissues are numerically investigated, especially focusing on the effects of the adjacent bubble. The results demonstrate that the mechanical stress is highly dependent on the bubble dynamics. The compressive stress and tensile stress are generated at the stage of bubble expansion and collapse stage, respectively. Furthermore, within the initial parameters examined in this paper, the effects of the adjacent bubble will distinctly suppress the radial expansion of the small bubble and consequently lead its associated stresses to decrease. Owing to the superimposition of two stress fields, the mechanical stresses surrounding the small bubble in the direction of the neighboring bubble are smaller than those in other directions. For two interacting cavitation bubbles, the suppression effects of the nearby bubble on both the cavitation dynamics and the stresses surrounding the small bubble increase as the ultrasound amplitude and the initial radius of the large bubble increase, whereas they decrease with the inter-bubble distance increasing. Moreover, increasing the tissue viscoelasticity will reduce the suppression effects of the nearby bubble, except in instances where the compressive stress and tensile stress first increase and then decrease with the tissue elasticity and viscosity increasing respectively. This study can provide a further understanding of the mechanisms of cavitation-associated mechanical damage to the adjacent tissues or cells.     

Inactivation of Escherichia coli by ultrasonic irradiation

Ultrasonic inactivation of Escherichia coli XL1-Blue has been investigated by high-intensity ultrasonic waves from horn type sonicator (27.5 kHz) utilizing the "squeeze-film effect". The amplitude of the vibration face contacting the sample solution was used as an indication of the ultrasonic power intensity. The inactivation of the E. coli cells by ultrasonic irradiation shows pseudo first-order behavior. The inactivation rate constant gradually increased with increasing amplitude of the vibration face and showed rapid increase above 3 microm (p-p). In contrast, the H2O2 formation was not observed below 3 microm (p-p), indicating that the ultrasonic shock wave might be more important than indirect effect of OH radicals formed by ultrasonic cavitation in this system. The optimal thickness of the squeeze film was determined as 2 mm for the E. coli inactivation. More than 99% of E. coli cells was inactivated within 180-s sonication at the amplitude of 3 microm (p-p) and 2 mm of the thickness of the squeeze film.     

Cavitation inception on microparticles: a self-propelled particle accelerator

Corrugated, hydrophilic particles with diameters between 30 and 150 microm are found to cause cavitation inception at their surfaces when they are exposed to a short, intensive tensile stress wave. The growing cavity accelerates the particle into translatory motion until the tensile stress decreases, and subsequently the particle separates from the cavity. The cavity growth and particle detachment are modeled by considering the momentum of the particle and the displaced liquid. The analysis suggests that all particles which cause cavitation are accelerated into translatory motion, and separate from the cavities they themselves nucleate. Thus, in the research of cavitation nuclei the link is established between developed cavitation bubbles and their origin.     

Nonlinear damping calculation in cylindrical gear dynamic modeling

The nonlinear dynamic problem posed by cylindrical gear systems has been extensively covered in the literature. Nonetheless, a significant proportion of the mechanisms involved in damping generation remains to be investigated and described. The main objective of this study is to contribute to this task. Overall, damping is assumed to consist of three sources: surrounding element contribution, hysteresis of the teeth, and oil squeeze damping. The first two contributions are considered to be commensurate with the supported load; for its part however, squeeze damping is formulated using expressions developed from the Reynolds equation. A lubricated impact analysis between the teeth is introduced in this study for the minimum film thickness calculation during contact losses. The dynamic transmission error (DTE) obtained from the final model showed close agreement with experimental measurements available in the literature. The nonlinear damping ratio calculated at different mesh frequencies and torque amplitudes presented average values between 5.3 percent and 8 percent, which is comparable to the constant 8 percent ratio used in published numerical simulations of an equivalent gear pair. A close analysis of the oil squeeze damping evidenced the inverse relationship between this damping effect and the applied load.     

A novel split-belt apparatus: the stress distribution and performance of its tangent split die

A novel high pressure device with a tangent split cylinder was investigated on the basis of the belt-type apparatus. The cylinder is split into several blocks and the dividing line is tangent to the inner hole. This structure of the cylinder can eliminate the tangential tensile stress due to the friction and squeeze each other on the contact surface between the divided bodies. In this paper, different split numbers of the cylinders were choosen to study the stress distribution and the pressure-bearing capacity, and compare them with the traditional belt-type die (BTD). Simulation results show that the more the number of divided bodies, the smaller the stress and the higher the pressure-bearing capacity. The experiments also indicate that the tangent split die can bear higher pressure than the BTD. The tangent split tungsten carbide cylinder has the advantages of easy manufacture, strong bearing capacity and replaceable performance.     

水面油膜偏振反射影响因子及其交互作用定量分析

为了利用遥感技术提取更多水面油膜的反射特征信息,在传统遥感研究的基础上,对水面油膜的多角度高光谱偏振反射信息进行了测量与分析,且以偏振度作为定量研究指标,采用3因素3水平的正交实验研究了入射天顶角、波段和油膜厚度以及它们之间交互作用对水面油膜偏振度的影响.对正交实验数据进行方差分析结果表明3个因素与它们之间的交互作用对水面油膜的偏振度均有影响;而入射天顶角、油膜厚度以及波段与油膜厚度的交互作用对偏振度的影响高度显著,说明在利用多角度高光谱偏振反射信息研究水面油膜时,不但要考虑单一因素对偏振度的影响,而且必须要考虑因素间交互作用对偏振度的影响.     

In situ atomic force microscopy observation of hydrogen absorption/desorption by Palladium thin film

Grain structure changes in Pd thin film during hydrogen absorption and desorption were observed by in situ atomic force microscopy. The as-sputtered film had a smooth flat surface with 20-30 nm grains. Film that absorbed hydrogen showed buckling, caused by the compressive stress due to lattice expansion as Pd metal reacted with hydrogen to form the hydride. Grains on the buckles were agglomerated and deformed unlike those on flat areas beside the buckles. Film that absorbed and then desorbed hydrogen still showed some buckling; however, many buckles shrank and flattened when the compressive stress of lattice expansion was released during desorption. On both the remaining and the shrunken buckles, grain agglomeration was retained; whereas, the deformed grains reverted back to their original form. X-ray diffraction indicated compressive residual stress in the as-sputtered film and tensile residual stress in the film after hydrogen absorption/desorption. These results indicate that irreversible grain agglomeration is related to residual tensile stress in the film although agglomeration occurs only on the buckled areas.     

近场超声悬浮启浮瞬态行为的理论分析及实验测试

超声悬浮气膜瞬态行为的认识对悬浮体运动规律及悬浮精度控制等都有着重要作用。运用气体动力学理论研究超声挤压问题,建立了自由悬浮体瞬态气膜压力及其非线性动力学模型.应用数值方法对模型进行求解,获得超声激励下气体挤压膜在启浮过程中的瞬态压力分布、承载能力以及悬浮盘位移的变化规律。分析发现激励盘振幅、频率等参数对启浮过程的瞬态行为有着显著的影响,激励盘振幅越小、激励频率越高,启浮过渡过程达到稳态所需时间越长。在理论分析的基础上还对瞬态启浮过程进行实验研究,应用激光位移传感器对瞬态悬浮位移进行测试,发现理论分析和实验测试结果一致性较好。     

晶格失配应力对单晶(BiTm)_3(GaFe)_5O_(12)膜磁畴结构的影响

利用液相外延工艺在钆镓石榴石衬底上制得了单晶(BiTm)_3(GaFe)_5O_(12)膜,研究了晶格失配应力对其磁畴结构的影响.研究发现,生长速率越快,膜的晶格常数越大;晶格失配应力可以在一定范围内调整膜的垂直各向异性;随着晶格失配应力由较大张应力逐渐转变为较大压应力,磁畴形状先由磁泡畴转变成迷宫畴,然后转变为过渡态部分弯曲的条状畴,最终转变为整齐排列的条状畴;失配应力同时对畴宽也有影响,膜受到的失配应力越大,畴宽越大.这一实验研究对基于控制晶格失配应力来调控单晶膜的各向异性和磁畴结构有指导意义.     

On the tribological characteristics of dynamically loaded journal bearing with micropolar fluids

The addition of the additives to the lubricant oil to enhance the characteristics of the lubricant will influence the performance of the bearings. Based on the theory of micropolar fluids, the tribological characteristics of a dynamically-loaded journal bearing are numerically studied. Comparisons are made between the Newtonian fluids and the micropolar fluids. It is shown that for a dynamically-loaded journal bearing, the micropolar fluids yield an increase not only in the friction force, but also in the friction coefficient. In addition, the oil film pressure and the oil film thickness are obviously higher than that of Newtonian fluids.     

On the tribological characteristics of dynamically loaded journal bearing with micropolar fluids

The addition of the additives to the lubricant oil to enhance the characteristics of the lubricant will influence the performance of the bearings. Based on the theory of micropolar fluids, the tribological characteristics of a dynamically-loaded journal bearing are numerically studied. Comparisons are made between the Newtonian fluids and the micropolar fluids. It is shown that for a dynamically-loaded journal bearing, the micropolar fluids yield an increase not only in the friction force, but also in the friction coefficient. In addition, the oil film pressure and the oil film thickness are obviously higher than that of Newtonian fluids.     

Scaling laws for spreading of a liquid under pressure

We study squeeze flow of two different fluids (castor oil and ethylene glycol) between a pair of glass plates and a pair of perspex plates, under an applied load. The film thickness is found to vary with time as a power-law, where the exponent increases with load. After a certain time interval the area of fluid-solid contact saturates to a nearly steady value. This saturation area, increases with load at different rates for different fluid-solid combinations.     

X-ray diffraction study of effect of deposition conditions on α--β phase transition and stress evolution in sputter-deposited W coatings

Pure W and W-Cu-W trilayer coatings were deposited on an Fe substrate by d.c. magnetron sputtering. The α-β phase evolution, intragranular stress evolution in sputter-deposited W layer were investigated by x-ray diffraction. They are directly related to the film microstructure, density and adhesion. Therefore, control of the film stress and phase component transition is essential for its applications. The phase component transition from β-W to α-W and intragranular stress evolution from tensile to compressive strongly depend on the deposition parameters and can be induced by lowering Ar pressure and rising target power. The compressively stressed films with α-W phase have a dense microstructure and high adhesion to Fe substrate.