SOME CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING ANALITICAL SOLVING OF THE REYNOLD’S EQUATION FROM FACE SEAL

Abstract

Taking into consideration a mechanical face seal which runs in hydrodynamic duty, we intend to understand what’s going on under its surfaces. Until nowadays the experimental study to measure the parameters of film between two seal surfaces is very difficult. To explain these phenomena from this interface is necessary to know the theoretical pressures. The paper uses a primary seal model where the seal surfaces are considered with misalignment but the ring centre distance is constant. Considering some simplified hypothesis it determines the Reynold’s equation, it’s solving leading to the pressure equation of sealing interface.

Keywords

• pressure
• hydro-dynamic
• thickness.