4.7 Article Proceedings Paper

Thermal point contact EHL analysis of rolling/sliding contacts with experimental comparison showing anomalous film shapes

Journal

TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages 517-525

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2008.07.011

Keywords

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Anomalous film thickness; Friction coefficient; Thermal effects; Limiting shear stress

Funding

  1. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [GR/T05059/01] Funding Source: researchfish

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The paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation of non-conformal lubricated contacts in which anomalous film shapes occur. The experiments were concerned with the contact between a steel ball and the plane surface of a glass disc at various slide-roll ratios. A paraffin base mineral oil was used as a lubricant and friction coefficients and film thicknesses were measured. It was found that for slide-roll ratios with the disk moving faster anomalous elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) films were obtained characterized by a dimple in the central region of the contact. Numerical thermal-elastohydrodynamic analyses were carried Out to Simulate both film thickness and friction corresponding to the experimental conditions using Newtonian and Ree-Eyring theological models. Initial results from this study suggest that neither of these lubricant models predict the correct detailed film shape and the experimental friction at the same time. An alternative lubricant model including both thermal and limiting shear stress effects (wall slippage) is currently under development. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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