Transient temperature field of a friction pair in a HVD device of a belt conveyor

To show the distribution of a temperature field on a steel disk and to prolong the service life of a friction pair in a Hydro-Viscous Drive (HVD) device, a theoretical model of a transient temperature field was established, based on the theory of heat conduction. This theoretical model was solved using a finite element method. The results show that the surface temperature of the steel disk does not increase consistently as a function of the radius; the highest temperature appears short of the maximum radius. The relationship between the surface temperature and the mixed friction time is exponential. With a friction time of 15 s, the temperature reached 465.9 °C. Simultaneously, the internal thermal stress is larger than the yield stress of the material, causing a warping deformation of the steel disk. The largest axial deformation is 0.32 mm. The results of the experiment suggest that the deformation is the same as that obtained from numerical simulation. Therefore, deformation of the steel disk must be considered during the study of the characteristics of a HVD.