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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study the effects of the total bearing deformation on the performance of hydrodynamic thrust bearings.Design/methodology/approachPressure distribution in the thrust bearing has been obtained using the Reynolds equation for the case of stable lubricant viscosity and isothermal conditions. Then, the deformation is found out by applying the constitutive equations for the linear elastic materials to both pad and runner. For the purpose of the generalization of the results, it is preferred to examine the case using non‐dimensional equations. The lubricant film thickness and pressure distribution before and after the deformation, the bearing deformation and the thrust load‐carrying capacity have been computed and compared for the steel runner‐steel pad and the steel runner‐bronze pad material pairs.FindingsIt is found that maximum load capacity loss occurs in the steel runner‐bronze pad pair as 3.03 per cent. Also, for a fixed load, when bearing dimensions are small, but deformations are large, the capacity loss due to runner deformations is nearly of the same order as those caused by pad deformations.Practical implicationsFor small bearings heavily loaded, both pad and runner deformations should be taken into account.Originality/valueIn the relevant literature, there exist some papers, which consider the deformability of only one part of a thrust bearing. This paper differs from the previous ones in that the effects of the deformations of both pad and runner are taken into account in evaluating the performance of a thrust bearing.

In this paper, the effects of profile shift in cylindrical helical gear mechanisms have been investigated with numerical and analytical calculations. The mathematical model for computer simulation of gears has been designed and the numerical calculations have been carried out. Analytical calculations have been made with an excel program which was designed at different profile shift coefficients for a selected mechanism. Analytical calculations of the same mechanism have been verified by using ANSYS 14.5. The results of analytical and numerical solutions have been compared to profile shift coefficients.

Bu makalede üç farklı malzeme kombinasyonu için üç farklı radyal yükün uygulandığı radyal bilyalı rulmanların yuvarlanma yüzeylerindeki toplam lokal ezilme miktarları ve boyutsuz film parametreleri hesaplanmış ve karşılaştırılmıştır. İncelenen yük sahasında herhangi bir malzeme kombinasyonu için radyal yük iki kat arttırıldığında toplam ezilme miktarları yaklaşık %58 artmıştır. Aynı yük için malzeme kombinasyonlarını karşılaştırdığımızda, yükün değerinden bağımsız olarak, tamamen seramik olan yataktaki toplam ezilme miktarının hibrid seramik yatağınkine göre yaklaşık %15, tamamen çelik olanınkine göre %25 daha az olduğu bulunmuştur. Herhangi bir malzeme kombinasyonu için radyal yük iki kat arttırıldığında boyutsuz film parametresi yaklaşık % 5 azalmaktadır. Malzeme kombinasyonundan bağımsız olarak iç bilezik-bilya temasındaki film parametresi dış bilezik-bilya temasındakinden yaklaşık % 16 daha küçük bulunmuştur.

The population of the world is increasing day by day. Accordingly, the amount of production and consumption are increasing. Due to the continuous and rapid development of technology, the duration of the use of some products becomes shorter. That is why the more efficient use of limited resources is even more important. In the developing and growing automotive industry, companies are currently focusing on weight and cost reduction methods to compete. In this study, the optimum design has been achieved by using topology and shape optimization in the suspension cover used in suspension systems. As a result of the topology and shape optimization efforts, The mass of the optimum design achieved was reduced by 35.203 % according to the first design.