Publication detail

Abnormal lubricant aggregation on roughness features in a rolling–sliding elastohydrodynamic contact

ŠPERKA, P. OMASTA, M. KŘUPKA, I. HARTL, M.

Czech title

Abnormální agregace maziva na povrchových nerovnostech v elastohydrodynamickém kontaktu za prokluzu

English title

Abnormal lubricant aggregation on roughness features in a rolling–sliding elastohydrodynamic contact

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

en

Original abstract

Any practical surface has some roughness which tends to decrease film thickness in concentrated contacts and increase the risk of surface failures. Surface roughness is deformed but roughness also influences the lubrication process. Therefore, it is important to understand these constrains, to predict a real performance of rough surfaces. It was already reported that roughness tends to flatten inside the contact under rolling–sliding conditions. However, this paper presents experiments showing an abnormal effect inside point contact when the additional lubricant is aggregated on the roughness feature (ridge). Enhanced roughness deformation has a protecting function against direct asperities contacts. The relationship to lubricant speed changes inside the contact, a role of thermal effect and possibility of phase transitions are discussed.

Czech abstract

Povrchy běžných součástí obsahují nerovnosti, které snižují tloušťku filmu v koncentrovaných bodových kontaktech a tím zvýšit riziko poškození povrchu. Nerovnosti se uvnitř kontaktu deformují, zároveň také ovlivňují mazací proces. Proto je důležité porozumět těmto vazbám, aby bylo možné přesněji predikovat skutečné chování povrchů s nerovnostmi. Je známo, že nerovnosti jsou deformovány prakticky do roviny uvnitř kontaktu za prokluzu. V tomto příspěvku jsou prezentovány experimenty, které ukazují abnormální chování nerovností uvnitř kontaktu, mazivo se agreguje na prvcích povrchu. Toto chování přispívá k oddělení třecích povrchů a brání přímému styku mezi vrcholky nerovností na površích. Diskutovány jsou vazby na změny rychlosti toku maziva uvnitř kontaktu, teplotní jevy a fázové změny maziva.

English abstract

Any practical surface has some roughness which tends to decrease film thickness in concentrated contacts and increase the risk of surface failures. Surface roughness is deformed but roughness also influences the lubrication process. Therefore, it is important to understand these constrains, to predict a real performance of rough surfaces. It was already reported that roughness tends to flatten inside the contact under rolling–sliding conditions. However, this paper presents experiments showing an abnormal effect inside point contact when the additional lubricant is aggregated on the roughness feature (ridge). Enhanced roughness deformation has a protecting function against direct asperities contacts. The relationship to lubricant speed changes inside the contact, a role of thermal effect and possibility of phase transitions are discussed.

Keywords in Czech

elastohydrodynamické mazání, drsnost povrchu, efekty povrchových nerovností, teorie amplitudového útlumu, tloušťka filmu, kolísání tlaku, reologie maziva, podmínky v kontaktu

Keywords in English

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication, surface roughness, roughness effects, amplitude attenuation theory, film thickness, pressure variations, lubricant rheology, in-contact conditions

Released

29.02.2016

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Anglie

ISSN

0301-679X

Volume

94

Number

1

Pages from–to

346–351

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


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  author="Petr {Šperka} and Milan {Omasta} and Ivan {Křupka} and Martin {Hartl},
  title="Abnormal lubricant aggregation on roughness features in a rolling–sliding elastohydrodynamic contact",
  year="2016",
  volume="94",
  number="1",
  month="February",
  pages="346--351",
  publisher="Elsevier",
  address="Anglie",
  issn="0301-679X"
}