Abstract. This paper presents the methods of control problem solutions using recurrence equations implementation and UOS transformation for the bearing wear estimation during the finite and infinite time units of an operation process. If we have two wear value increase processes then very important is information which process is divergent more slowly. On the other hand, in comparison with two convergent processes we must decide which process is convergent more quickly. The wear process is determined mostly by the summation factor method. Such a method is applied for the solutions of recurrence equations with variable coefficients.Key words: recurrences equations, wear bearing control process.
PreliminariesThe problems referring to the experimental and numerical wear of slide bearing exploitation questions require the knowledge of information about the features of the sequence of the existing wear process during the operation time [1][2][3][4]. The abovementioned information includes especially the kind and velocity of the wear value increases during the particular time units of the operation and very important are convergence and divergence phenomena of the wear value increases. If we have two wear value divergent processes, then very important is information which process is divergent more slowly. On the other hand, in comparison with two convergent processes, we must decide which process is convergent more quickly. This paper allows us to consider such a problem. If the wear value process in particular time units of the operating time is decreasing to some wear limit values, then it is possible to obtain the wear bearing stabilization in sufficient many time units of the operation. If the wear value process in particular time units of the operating time is increasing, then we have the phenomenon of wear bearing continuous increments in sufficient many time units of the operation. In both cases mentioned above, the sum of wear values after the considered time units of the operation, i.e. the cumulative function of wear values can be divergent. The most important for practical needs is the convergence or divergence of the cumulative values of bearing wear after the considered time units of the operation. To perform investigations of the abovementioned control problems, the wear value processes are described by non-homogeneous recurrent equations with a variable free term. The results obtained in this paper show that convergence or divergence of the wear processes depends on experimentally determined coefficients which occur in the considered wear recurrent equations. The coefficients depend on bearing materials, operation conditions, environmental external influences, and vibration influences. Therefore, the assumption and knowledge of materials, exploitation conditions and finally external influences enable us to determine the control of wear during the operation time [3,4]. The results obtained in this paper show how to anticipate wear of a slide bearing after many time units of the operation if bearing mater...