Simulation Calculation of Friction Factor of the End Face for Mechanical Seals Based on Fractal Theory

Abstract:

In order to study the effects of operating parameters and surface topography on friction factors between the end faces for mechanical seals, a friction factor fractal model between end faces for contact mechanical seals was established based on the contact fractal model and the average film thickness fractal model, adopting fractal parameters to represent surface topography, separating friction into viscous shear friction of liquid film and contact friction of asperities, and representing the effect of actual rough surface on viscous shear stress of liquid film by introducing the contact factor. The influencing factors of friction factor for B104a-70 mechanical seal were analyzed by simulating. Results showed that the friction factor between the surfaces increases with the increases of spring pressure when the end faces are coarser, while the friction factor decreases slightly with the increases of spring pressure when the end faces are smoother. The friction factor between the faces decreases with the increases of the sealed fluid pressure, which increases approximate linearly with the increases of rotating speed, and it increases with the increases of fractal dimension of end faces and the decreases of the characteristic scale factor.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 687-691)
• Pages: 142-147
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.687-691.142
• Online since: November 2014
• Authors: Long Wei*, Peng Gao Zhang, Gui Fang Fang
• Keywords: End Face, Fractal Model, Friction Factor, Mechanical Seal, Simulation Calculation

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