Effect of couple stresses on static and dynamic characteristics of MHD wide tapered land slider bearing

Abstract

This paper presents an analytical study on the effect of couple stress on static and dynamic characteristics of wide tapered land slider bearing in the presence of applied magnetic field. A non-dimensional modified Reynolds equation is derived for the bearing under consideration. Closed-form expressions for the steady fluid film pressure, steady load carrying capacity and dynamic characteristics, viz., dynamic stiffness and dynamic damping coefficients are obtained. Numerical computations of the results revealed that magnetohydrodynamics tapered land slider bearing lubricated with couple stress fluid provides higher steady load carrying capacity, dynamic stiffness coefficient and dynamic damping coefficient as compared with the corresponding Newtonian case. It is observed that the presence of applied magnetic field characterized by the Hartmann number in the couple stress lubrication of tapered land slider bearing provides the improved static and dynamic characteristics as compared with the non-magnetic case.