Study on the Performance of Water Lubricated Stern Tube Bearing Based on Fluent

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Apply FLUENT software to establish the water lubricated rubber stern tube bearing CFD model,study temperature and pressure distribution of the bearings at different speeds of rotation. It plays an important role in improving the performance of ship water lubricated stern tube bearing and security, reliability of propulsion system. The simulation results show that increasing the shaft speed in a certain range can reduce water film temperature, the effect is obvious especially at slow entrance velocity of bearings. Both high and low pressure ranges in the middle of bearings are enlarged with the increase of speed.

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