Publication detail

Film Thickness in Elastohydrodynamically Lubricated Slender Elliptic Contacts: Part II – Experimental Validation and Minimum Film Thickness

WOLF, M.ŠPERKA, P. FRÝZA, J.FATEMI, A.

English title

Film Thickness in Elastohydrodynamically Lubricated Slender Elliptic Contacts: Part II – Experimental Validation and Minimum Film Thickness

Type

WoS Article

Language

en

Original abstract

In the first paper of this series, a new formula for central film thickness of slender contacts has been proposed. In this paper, interferometry measurement of the film thickness in slender elliptic contacts is performed for comparison with film thickness distribution of EHL simulation. The new film thickness formula presented in part I of this paper series is successfully validated by comparison with the experimental data. State-of-the-art minimum film thickness formulas are compared with the experimental results and results obtained through a multilevel EHL solver. Significant deviation of the analytical minimum film thickness formulas regarding both numerical and experimental results is given. Therefore, an alternative approach for calculation of minimum film thickness via the film thickness ratio with central film thickness is proposed, which yields promising results for moderately slender elliptic EHL contacts.

Keywords in English

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; film thickness formula

Released

2022-12-01

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Location

London

ISSN

1350-6501

Journal

PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART J-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING TRIBOLOGY

Volume

236

Number

12

Pages from–to

2477–2490

Pages count

14

BIBTEX


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  author="WOLF, M. and ŠPERKA, P. and FRÝZA, J. and FATEMI, A.",
  title="Film Thickness in Elastohydrodynamically Lubricated Slender Elliptic Contacts: Part II - Experimental Validation and Minimum Film Thickness",
  journal="PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART J-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING TRIBOLOGY",
  year="2022",
  volume="236",
  number="12",
  pages="2477--2490",
  doi="10.1177/13506501221080289",
  issn="1350-6501",
  url="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13506501221080289"
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