Effect of surface roughness on magnetohydrodynamic squeeze film characteristics between finite rectangular plates

Abstract

The effect of surface roughness on the magnetohydrodynamic squeeze film behavior between two rectangular plates is analyzed. A generalized form of surface roughness pattern is considered. A stochastic random variable with non-zero mean, variance and skewness is used to model mathematically the surface roughness of the squeeze film bearings. The modified averaged stochastic Reynolds equation governing the squeeze film pressure is derived. The expressions for the squeeze film pressure, load carrying capacity and squeeze film time are obtained. Numerical computations of the results show that the negatively skewed surface roughness pattern increases the load carrying capacity and squeeze film time. On the contrary the performance of squeeze film suffers due to positively skewed surface roughness pattern. Further the magnetic effect characterized by the Hartmann number improves the performance of the squeeze film lubrication as compared to the classical non-conducting lubricant case. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.