LI Ke, CHEN Jishun, ZHANG Pin, ZHAO Wenchao, ZHANG Zhandong
In view of the complex structure of the hydraulic bracket directional valve components to form irregular flow paths, the traditional primary momentum theorem can not accurately find out the spool flow force, as well as due to the flow force is too large or unstable, the dynamic and static characteristics of the valve is reduced, with the bracket directional valve as the object, based on the analysis of its structural composition and principle of operation, a division of the whole basin control volume method is put forward. The momentum theorem is used to analyze the amount of momentum change in each control volume, and the influence of structural parameters of upstream and downstream components of the spool on the flow force is considered, so that the steady-state flow force formula of the spool is derived more accurately, and theoretical calculations are carried out. By analyzing the formula, the method of optimizing the structural parameters of the valve components to compensate the steady-state flow force is derived, and the change rule of steady-state flow force with the spool opening is simulated by CFD method. The results show that after the optimization of structural parameters, the peak and change amplitude of the flow force suffered by the spool are lower than the original structure of the flow force. After optimizing the inner diameter structure of the valve sleeve, the peak flow force and the amplitude of change were reduced by 56.25% and 48.12% respectively compared to the original structure. After optimizing the diameter of the top rod of the return spool, the peak value and variation amplitude of the flow force were reduced by 28.79% and 32.71% respectively compared to the original structure. After optimizing the inclination angle of the return spool end face, the peak value and variation amplitude of flow force were reduced by 31.87% and 37.16% respectively compared to the original structure, which effectively alleviates the problem of reduced dynamic and static performance of the valve due to the steady state flow force applied to the spool of the stent-operated directional valve.