Transient thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication of point contacts subjected to normal vibration

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 536-547
Author(s):  
Jianjun Zhang ◽  
Qibo Ni ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Feng Guo
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Newtonian Fluid ◽  
Normal Vibration ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Vibration Period ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Vertical Vibrations ◽  
Thermal Ehl

Purpose Vibration exists widely in all machineries working under high speed. The unpredictability of vibration and the change of the relative surface speed may result in difficulties in the elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) analysis. By far, few studies on EHL relating to vibration have been published. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of the vertical vibrations and the influence of temperature on the thermal EHL contacts. Design/methodology/approach The lubricant was assumed to be Newtonian fluid. The time-dependent numerical solutions were achieved instant after instant in each period of the vibration. At each instant, the pressure field was solved with a multi-level technique, the surface deformation was solved with a multi-level multi-integration method and the temperature filed was solved with a finite different scheme through a sweeping progress. The periodic error was checked at each end of the vibration period until the responses of pressure, film thickness and temperature were all periodic functions with the frequency of the roller’s vibrations. Findings The results reveal that normal vibration produces little drastic change of pressure, film thickness and temperature in EHL. Under some conditions, the vibrations of the roller can produce transient dimples within the contact conjunction. It is also showed that the lubrication in the same sliding is better than the opposite sliding. Research limitations/implications For the unpredictability of vibration, it is not easy to do the experiment to realize a real comparison with numerical results. The reach does not show any verification and consider the effect of non-Newtonian fluid. Originality/value The effect of the vertical vibrations on the thermal EHL point contact hast been studied. The effects of both the amplitude and the frequency on the predicted load-carrying capacity, minimum film thickness, center pressure and center temperature and the coefficient of friction were investigated. The role of the thermal effect was given.

Size Effect on the Behavior of Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Roller Pairs

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Liu ◽  
Jinlei Cui ◽  
Peiran Yang
Keyword(s):  
Size Effect ◽  
Newtonian Fluid ◽  
Effective Viscosity ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Load Parameter ◽  
Performance Results ◽  
Thermal Ehl ◽  
Strong Size Effect

In order to investigate the size effect on elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) of roller pairs, complete numerical solutions for both the Newtonian fluid and the Eyring fluid thermal EHL problems of roller pairs under steady state conditions have been achieved. It can be seen that there is no size effect on the isothermal EHL performance; however, there is a very strong size effect on the thermal EHL performance. Results show that the term of shearing heat is the most important factor for the film temperature when the size of a contact changes. Comparison between the Newtonian solution and the Eyring solution has been made under some operating conditions. It is interesting to see that the effective viscosity of the Eyring fluid is nearly the same as that of the Newtonian fluid when the size of a contact is large enough. The non-Newtonian effect, therefore, can be ignored when the size of a contact is very large. It is equally interesting to see that the thermal effect can be ignored when the size of a contact is very small. In addition, the influence of the velocity parameter, the load parameter, and the slide-roll ratio on the lubricating performance for various sizes of contacts has been investigated.

Effect of angular speed of cam on oil film variation in the line contact thermal EHL of a cam-tappet pair

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 713-722
Author(s):  
Hongwei Tang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Nannan Sun ◽  
Jianrong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Grid Method ◽  
Angular Speed ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sliding Motion ◽  
Oil Characteristics ◽  
Thermal Ehl ◽  
Wedge Effect

Purpose The influence of the cam angular speed on the pressure, film thickness and temperature profiles at some selected angular positions together with the oil characteristics are investigated. Design/methodology/approach A high-order polynomial cam is used, and thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) calculations are carried out by the multi-grid method and line-line scanning technique. Findings It is found that the film thickness decreases with a decrease in angular speed. The depth of the dimple that occurred in the reverse motion is also reduced because of the recession in the “temperature–viscosity wedge” effect. Originality/value It is revealed that the reduction in the cam angular speed makes the classical big surface dimple evolve into a small centralized dimple during the opposite sliding motion. Peer review The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-08-2019-0327

Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Analysis for Point Contact Transmission

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai-zhou Huang ◽  
Xi-chuan Niu ◽  
Xiao-yang Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Point Contact ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Surface Velocity ◽  
Squeeze Film ◽  
Elastic Displacement ◽  
Circular Arc ◽  
Tooth Width ◽  
Contact Transmission

To investigate the thermal EHL (elastohydrodynamic lubrication) in point contact transmission, a model considering the two-dimensional surface velocity of tooth face and the running-in is proposed. The numerical solutions for pressure, temperature and film thickness distribution in the contact zone are obtained by solving equations including the Reynolds, Energy and the elastic displacement with variable dimension meshing method. The model was used to study the point contact transmission of the circular arc gear in a windlass. The main results show that it is pure rolling along the direction of tooth width, and the rolling speed plays a leading role in improving the lubricating performance and transmission efficiency of circular arc gear. The squeeze film effect makes the pressure peak tend to be gentle and the film thickness increase slightly.

Size effect on thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication of industrial chain bush-pin hinge pair

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 1080-1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingyu Zhang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
Longjie Dai ◽  
Zhaohua Shang
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Temperature Rise ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Curvature Radius ◽  
Line Contact ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Oil Film ◽  
Industrial Chain ◽  
Infinite Line

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) theory to study the variation of the equivalent curvature radius “R” on the change of oil film thickness, pressure, temperature rise and friction coefficient in the contact zone between bush-pin in industrial chain drive. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the contact between bush and pin is simplified as infinitely long line contact. The lubrication state is studied by numerical simulation using steady-state line contact thermal EHL. The two constitutive equations, namely, Newton fluid and Ree–Eyring fluid are used in the calculations. Findings It is found that with the increase of equivalent curvature radius, the thickness of oil film decreases and the temperature rise increases. Under the same condition, the friction coefficient of Newton fluid is higher than that of Ree–Eyring fluid. When the load increases, the oil film thickness decreases, the temperature rise increases and the friction coefficient decreases; and the film thickness increases with the increase of the entraining speed under the condition “R < 1,000 mm”. Research limitations/implications The infinite line contact assumption is only an approximation. For example, the distances between the two inner plates are 5.72 mm, by considering the two parts assembled into the inner plates, the total length of the bush is less than 6 mm. The diameter of the pin and the bore diameter of the bush are 3.28 and 3.33 mm. However, the infinite line contact is also helpful in understanding the general variation of oil film characteristics and provides a reference for the future study of finite line contact of chain problems. Originality/value The change of the equivalent radius R on the variation of the oil film in the contact of the bush and the pin in industrial chain drive was investigated. The size effect influences the lubrication characteristic greatly in the bush-pin pair.

A thermal EHL investigation for size effect of finite line contact on bush-pin hinge pairs in industrial chains

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 695-701
Author(s):  
Mingyu Zhang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Peiran Yang ◽  
Zhaohua Shang ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Contact Zone ◽  
Line Contact ◽  
Equivalent Radius ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Oil Film ◽  
Finite Line Contact ◽  
Finite Line ◽  
Thermal Ehl

Purpose This paper aims to study the influence of the dimension change of bush-pin on the pressure, oil film thickness, temperature rise and traction coefficient in contact zone by using a thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) model for finite line contact. Concretely, the effects of the equivalent curvature radius of the bush and the pin, and the length of the bush are investigated. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the contact between the bush and pin is simplified as finite line contact. The lubrication state is studied by numerical simulation using steady-state line contact thermal EHL. A constitutive equation Ree–Eyring fluid is used in the calculations. Findings It is found that by selecting an optimal equivalent radius of curvature and prolonging the bush length can improve the lubrication state effectively. Originality/value Under specific working conditions, there exists an optimal equivalent radius to maximize the minimum oil film thickness in the contact zone. The increase of generatrix length will weaken the stress concentration effect in the rounded corner area at both ends of the bush, which can improve the wear resistance of chain. Peer review The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-10-2019-0448.

A thermal EHL investigation on plate-pin hinge pairs in silent chains using a narrow finite line contact

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (10) ◽  
pp. 1139-1145
Author(s):  
Mingyu Zhang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Jinlei Cui ◽  
Peiran Yang
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Temperature Rise ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Radius Of Curvature ◽  
Line Contact ◽  
Equivalent Radius ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Finite Line Contact ◽  
Pressure Peak ◽  
Finite Line

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to numerically study the variations of oil film pressure, thickness and temperature rise in the contact zone of plate-pin pair in silent chains. Design/methodology/approach A steady-state thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) model is built using a Ree–Eyring fluid. The contact between the plate and the pin is simplified as a narrow finite line contact, and the lubrication state is examined by varying the geometry and the plate speed. Findings With increase in the equivalent radius of curvature, the pressure peak and the central film thickness increase. Because the plate is very thin, the temperature rise can be neglected. Even when the influence of the rounded corner region is less, a proper design can beneficially increase the minimum film thickness at both edges of the plate. Under a low entraining speed, strong stress concentration results in close-zero film thickness at both edges of the plate. Originality/value This study reveals the EHL feature of the narrow finite line contact in plate-pin pairs for silent chains and will support the future works considering transient effect, surface features and wear.

Effect of changing geometrical characteristics for different shapes of a single ridge passing through elastohydrodynamic of point contacts

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Abd Alsamieh
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Pressure Distribution ◽  
Reynolds Equation ◽  
Point Contact ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Point Contacts ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Geometrical Characteristics ◽  
Different Shapes

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the behavior of a single ridge passing through elastohydrodynamic lubrication of point contacts problem for different ridge shapes and sizes, including flat-top, triangular and cosine wave pattern to get an optimal ridge profile. Design/methodology/approach The time-dependent Reynolds’ equation is solved using Newton–Raphson technique. Several shapes of surface feature are simulated and the film thickness and pressure distribution are obtained at every time step by simultaneous solution of the Reynolds’ equation and film thickness equation, including elastic deformation. Film thickness and pressure distribution are chosen to be the criteria in the comparisons. Findings The geometrical characteristics of the ridge play an important role in the formation of lubricant film thickness profile and the pressure distribution through the contact zone. To minimize wear, friction and fatigue life, an optimal ridge profile should have smooth shape with small ridge size. Obtained results are compared with other published numerical results and show a good agreement. Originality/value The study evaluates the performance of different surface features of a single ridge with different shapes and sizes passing through elastohydrodynamic of point contact problem in relation to film thickness and pressure profile.

The Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Heavily Loaded Point Contacts

1980 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 183-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Hooke
Keyword(s):  
Exact Solution ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Close Agreement ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Line Contact ◽  
Point Contacts ◽  
Contact Width ◽  
Inlet Zone

It is shown that the film thickness in heavily loaded point contacts can be accurately calculated by comparing the inlet and exit zones of the contact with those of an equivalent line contact. The results become increasingly accurate as the extent of the inlet and exit regions is reduced and in the limit yields an exact solution. Even for moderately loaded contacts in which the inlet zone occupies a substantial part of the contact width the results are in close agreement with existing numerical solutions.

A mixed elastohydrodynamic lubrication model based on virtual rough surface for studying the tribological effect of asperities

2018 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 408-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Guangneng Dong ◽  
Guozhong Dong
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Rough Surface ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Hydrodynamic Pressure ◽  
Surface Pattern ◽  
Curvature Radius ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stribeck Curves ◽  
Effect Of Surface

Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to present the effort on developing a mixed elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) model to study the tribological effect of asperities on rough surface. Design/methodology/approach The model, with the use of the average flow Reynolds equation and the K-E elasto-plastic contact model, allows predictions of hydrodynamic pressure and contact pressure on the virtual rough surface, respectively. Then, the substrate elastic deformation is calculated by discrete convolution fast-Fourier transform (DC-FFT) method to modify the film thickness recursively. Afterwards, corresponding ball-on-disk tests are conducted and the validity of the model demonstrated. Moreover, the effects of asperity features, such as roughness, curvature radius and asperity pattern factor, on the tribological properties of EHL, are also discussed though plotting corresponding Stribeck curves and film thickness shapes. Findings It is demonstrated that the current model predicts very close data compared with corresponding experimental results. And it has the advantage of high accuracy comparing with other typical models. Furthermore, smaller roughness, bigger asperity radius and transverse rough surface pattern are found to have lower friction coefficients in mixed EHL models. Originality/value This paper contributes toward developing a mixed EHL model to investigate the effect of surface roughness, which may be helpful to better understand partial EHL.

scholarly journals Non-Newtonian Fluid Model Incorporated Into Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Rectangular Contacts

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. O. Jacobson ◽  
B. J. Hamrock
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Shear Strength ◽  
Film Thickness ◽  
Numerical Solution ◽  
Newtonian Fluid ◽  
Fluid Model ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Sliding Velocity ◽  
Minimum Film Thickness ◽  
Limiting Value

A procedure is outlined for the numerical solution of the complete elastohydrodynamic lubrication of rectangular contacts incorporating a non-Newtonian fluid model. The approach uses a Newtonian model as long as the shear stress is less than a limiting shear stress. If the shear stress exceeds the limiting value, the shear stress is set equal to the limiting value. The numerical solution requires the coupled solution of the pressure, film shape, and fluid rheology equations from the inlet to the outlet. Isothermal and no-side-leakage assumptions were imposed in the analysis. The influence of dimensionless speed U, load W, materials G, and sliding velocity U* and limiting-shear-strength proportionality constant γ on dimensionless minimum film thickness Hmin was investigated. Fourteen cases were investigated for an elastohydrodynamically lubricated rectangular contact incorporating a non-Newtonian fluid model. The influence of sliding velocity (U*) and limiting shear strength (γ) on minimum film thickness was observed to be small. Hence the film thickness equation obtained for a Newtonian fluid is sufficient for calculations considering non-Newtonian effects. Computer plots are also presented that indicate in detail pressure distribution, film shape, shear stress at the surfaces, and flow throughout the conjunction.

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