ABSTRACT
These are very important and the key problem in the design of the bearing is to improve the lubrication performance of the bearing, reduce the fiction of the bearing, and reduce the failure of the thrust bearing. In order to improve the lubrication performance and reduce the thrust bearing’s burning tile to bring losses, many scholars studied variable viscosity and bearing deformations of the tilting pad’s thrust bearing. The results showed that the bearing deformation had a larger effect on the lubrication performance of journal bearings (Wu, 2007; Zhu, 1990; An, 2011; Liu, 2010; Ge, 1983). But there were no studies on the fixed pad bearing, which is still under constant temperature and viscosity conditions of the simple calculation, to account for the variable viscosity and deformation of the shell of the fixed pad thrust-bearing’s properties and lubrication properties’ analysis. In this paper, the lubrication mechanism of the fixed and inclined thrust bearings is revealed by using the knowledge of fluid lubrication, included in the viscosity, temperature change, bearing deformation etc. These are factors identified on the basis of the above-mentioned research results. The results have theoretical significance and application value to the design of the thrust bearing.
