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Contaminant particle motion in lubricating grease flow: a computational fluid dynamics approach

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Westerberg, Lars-Göran
Farré Lladós, JosepMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Sarkar, Chiranjit
Casals Terré, JasminaMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Document typeArticle
Defense date2018
Rights accessOpen Access
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In this paper, numerical simulations of particle migration in lubricating grease flow are presented. The rheology of three lithium greases with NLGI (National Lubricating Grease Institute) grades 00, 1 and 2 respectively are considered. The grease is modeled as a single-phase Herschel–Bulkley fluid, and the particle migration has been considered in two different grease pockets formed between two concentric cylinders where the inner cylinder is rotating and driving the flow. In the wide grease pocket, the width of the gap is much smaller compared to the axial length scale, enabling a one-dimensional flow. In the narrow pocket, the axial and radial length is of the same order, yielding a three-dimensional flow. It was found that the change in flow characteristics due to the influence of the pocket lateral boundaries when going from the wide to the narrow pocket leads to a significantly shorter migration time. Comparing the results with an existing migration model treating the radial component contribution, it was concluded that a solution to the flow in the whole domain is needed together with a higher order numerical scheme to obtain a full solution to the particle migration. This result is more pronounced in the narrow pocket due to gradients in the flow induced by the lateral boundaries.
CitationWesterberg, L., Farré-Lladós, J., Sarkar, C., Casals-Terré, J. Contaminant particle motion in lubricating grease flow: a computational fluid dynamics approach. "Lubricants", 2018, vol. 6, núm. 1, p. 1-13. 
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/2117/115202
DOI10.3390/lubricants6010010
ISSN2075-4442
Publisher versionhttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/6/1/10
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