Abstract:         The starting and stopping processes play an important role in reduce friction and abrasion of a spiral groove dry gas seal. Thus, the startup and shutoff of the seal is investigated by a numerical approach. The computational procedure based on the material properties of rotational and stationary rings, interaction of micro asperity, and frictional heat-flow coupling is implemented to build a three-dimensional thermo-mechanical coupling model considering sliding friction within rough-rigid body. And then, the ANSYS software is used to simulate the friction heat and the stress variation of rough-rigid body based on the characteristics of nonlinear multiphysics. The results are presented, and it shows that the maximum contact temperature value of the roughened surface increases with increase in the sliding time and presents a little fluctuation, and the distribution of VonMises equivalent stress is extremely nonuniform and non-linear. What’s more, the stress component of maximum x-direction(σ_xx) isn’t appeared in the region of highest contact asperity. The results reveal that a tensile stress is existed along the thickness direction of three-dimensional rough solid and the region of tensile stress is enlarged slightly with the sliding time. According to above results, it can be shown that increase in temperature and fluctuation are attributed to thermal conduction caused, the change of stress is due to the elastic-plastic deformation of asperities. These results illustrate the potential of numerical simulation in prediction the temperature and stress of seal faces during the starting and stopping process and may help in the design and optimization of spiral groove dry gas seal.

Key words: Drygasseal, Asperity, Slidingfriction, Elastic-plasticdeformation, Temperaturerise, Stress

摘要：         针对干气密封非稳态下摩擦特性对密封性能的影响进行研究,考虑动、静环材料属性,微凸体之间的相互作用以及摩擦热流耦合,建立了三维粗糙实体与理想光滑刚体滑动摩擦热力耦合模型。运用ANSYS软件数值模拟了摩擦热以及应力变化规律。研究发现,粗糙表面最高接触温度随滑动时间增加呈逐步上升趋势,并且温升呈
现了一定的波动性;粗糙表面的VonMises等效应力分布极其不均匀呈非线性变化;同时,还发现最大x 方向应力分量σxx 并未出现在最高接触微凸体上;在沿三维粗糙实体厚度方向存在一拉应力区,随着滑动时间的持续,拉应力区有一定程度扩大。从而说明两端面间的温升和波动性以热传导为主要影响因素,应力的变化是由于微凸体发生了弹塑性变形。研究成果为今后干气密封启停阶段特性研究以及参数优化奠定了基础。

关键词: 干气密封, 微凸体, 滑动摩擦, 弹塑性变形, 温升, 应力