{"title":"A high-speed rail tapered bearing temperature calculation model considering contamination particles","authors":"Zhou Chang, Chang Yu, Zhengbin Zhao, Qian Jia","doi":"10.1007/s10035-025-01543-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Measuring a temperature rise in tapered bearings is very important. This paper proposes a model for calculating the rise in temperature of bearings that considers the presence of contaminants in the lubrication. This study develops a discrete lubrication model for the Hertzian contact zone of a bearing using the Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The model analyzes the effect of particles on grease film flow and pressure. The temperature rise of the bearing was then calculated. Meanwhile, the study solved the bearing temperature rise in the lubricating grease using the finite difference method (FDM). The results of the LBM calculations were compared with those of the FDM calculations. Finally, an experimental study is conducted to investigate the temperature increase of the raceway in the presence of particulate matter in sealed grease lubrication. The results of the study show that the presence of particulate matter has little effect on the temperature rise of the bearings. The study results show that burnout is caused by a lack of grease rather than particles.</p><h3>Graphical Abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":49323,"journal":{"name":"Granular Matter","volume":"27 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Granular Matter","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10035-025-01543-6","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Measuring a temperature rise in tapered bearings is very important. This paper proposes a model for calculating the rise in temperature of bearings that considers the presence of contaminants in the lubrication. This study develops a discrete lubrication model for the Hertzian contact zone of a bearing using the Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). The model analyzes the effect of particles on grease film flow and pressure. The temperature rise of the bearing was then calculated. Meanwhile, the study solved the bearing temperature rise in the lubricating grease using the finite difference method (FDM). The results of the LBM calculations were compared with those of the FDM calculations. Finally, an experimental study is conducted to investigate the temperature increase of the raceway in the presence of particulate matter in sealed grease lubrication. The results of the study show that the presence of particulate matter has little effect on the temperature rise of the bearings. The study results show that burnout is caused by a lack of grease rather than particles.
期刊介绍:
Although many phenomena observed in granular materials are still not yet fully understood, important contributions have been made to further our understanding using modern tools from statistical mechanics, micro-mechanics, and computational science.
These modern tools apply to disordered systems, phase transitions, instabilities or intermittent behavior and the performance of discrete particle simulations.
>> Until now, however, many of these results were only to be found scattered throughout the literature. Physicists are often unaware of the theories and results published by engineers or other fields - and vice versa.
The journal Granular Matter thus serves as an interdisciplinary platform of communication among researchers of various disciplines who are involved in the basic research on granular media. It helps to establish a common language and gather articles under one single roof that up to now have been spread over many journals in a variety of fields. Notwithstanding, highly applied or technical work is beyond the scope of this journal.