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represents the film thickness where the first derivative
of pressure with respect to
𝑥
is zero. The
piston ring geometry is shown in more detail in Figure 23 with the x-axis representing the
compressor cylinder.
Figure 23: Piston ring geometry for use in derivations
2.3.1 - Converging Section
Looking closely at Figure 23, one notices that the left side of the piston ring will be subjected to
the same physics as a fixed-inclined slider with only some slight differences on the boundary
conditions as shown in Figure 24.
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Figure 24: Comparison of the canonical slipper pad problem and the current situation.
Investigating Figure 24 in more detail shows that with
a few change in variables, the canonical
fixed-incline slider bearing can be converted to the left hand side of the piston ring currently
under investigation. Aside from the variable changes, there is also a change of the boundary
conditions. The canonical situation assumes the inlet and outlet gas pressures are equal to
atmospheric pressure while our situation assumes only the inlet gas pressure is known. This
presents an added difficulty that will be addressed shortly.
We now follow the canonical solution for the fixed-incline slider as
presented by Hamrock,
Schmid, and Jacobson (2004) with some slight changes. First, the geometry of the inclined
slider is defined as:
ℎ = ℎ
0
+ 𝑠
ℎ
(1 −
𝑥
𝑙
)
Equation 10
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Equation 9 and Equation 10 are often nondimensionalized as demonstrated Hamrock, Schmid,
and Jacobson (2004) using:
𝑃̅ =
𝑃𝑠
ℎ
2
𝜇𝑈𝑙 𝐻 =
ℎ
𝑠
ℎ
𝐻
𝑚
=
ℎ
𝑚
𝑠
ℎ
𝐻
0
=
ℎ
0
𝑠
ℎ
𝑋 =
𝑥
𝑙
Equation 11
Which produces:
𝑑𝑃̅
𝑑𝑥 = 6 (
𝐻 − 𝐻
𝑚
𝐻
3
)
Equation 12
𝐻 = 𝐻
0
+ 1 − 𝑋
Equation 13
𝑑𝐻
𝑑𝑋 = −1
Equation 14
Integrating Equation 12 yields:
𝑃̅ = 6 (
1
𝐻 −
𝐻
𝑚
2𝐻
2
) + 𝐴̅
Equation 15
This leaves
one equation with two unknowns;
𝐻
𝑚
which is the nondimensionalized film
thickness where the first derivative of pressure with respect to
𝑥
is zero and an integration
constant
𝐴̅.
Now, the canonical solution calls for the application
of the following boundary
conditions:
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𝑃̅ = 0 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑋 = 0 𝑜𝑟 𝐻 = 𝐻
0
+ 1
Equation 16
𝑃̅ = 0 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑋 = 1 𝑜𝑟 𝐻 = 𝐻
0
Equation 17
This is where our path must diverge from the canonical solution as we do not have the same
boundary conditions. We have a similar pressure boundary condition at the
inlet allowing us to
write:
𝑃̅ = 𝑃̅
1,𝑔𝑎𝑠
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑋 = 0 𝑜𝑟 𝐻 = 𝐻
0
+ 1
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