A Study On The Performance Of Hydromagnetic Squeeze Film Between Two Conducting Truncated Conical Plates

We make an effort to analyze the behavior of hydromagnetic squeeze film between two conducting porous truncated conicalplates. The plates are considered electrically conducting and the clearance space between them is filled by an electricallyconducting lubricant. A uniform transverse magnetic field is applied between the plates. An attempt has been made to solvethe associated Reynolds’ equation with appropriate boundary conditions to obtain the pressure distribution which in turn, isused to get the expression for load carrying capacity which is then used to calculate the response time. The results arepresented graphically as well as in tabular form. The results suggest that the bearing system registers an enhancedperformance as compared to that of a bearing system working with a conventional lubricant. Further, it is seen that aspectratio tends to increase the load carrying capacity substantially. It is observed that the combined effect of the semi-verticalangle and the magnetization parameter is relatively better than that of the combined effect of the aspect ratio and porosity.Besides, the conductivity increases the load carrying capacity significantly. The analysis incorporated in this paper presentsample scope for improving the performance of the bearing system considerably by choosing a suitable combination ofmagnetization parameter, the aspect ratio, semi-vertical angle and the conductivities of the plates