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

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.

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Analysis of Surface Scratch in Finite Line Contact EHL

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.651.651 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 651 ◽

pp. 651-655

Author(s):

Hao Yang Sun

Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

Maximum Stress ◽

Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽

Line Contact ◽

Sharp Maximum ◽

Surface Fatigue ◽

Temperature Distributions ◽

Finite Line Contact ◽

Finite Line ◽

Thermal Ehl

In this paper, the phenomenon of roller scratch in Elastohydrodynamic lubrication(EHL) state is simulated successfully. A complete thermal EHL solutions of finite roller with scratch are obtained. Comparasions between current numerical film contours and Cameron’s optical interferometry graph shows satisfactory agreement. The characteristics of pressure, filmthickness as well as temperature distributions are discovered numerically. It could be concluded that surface scratch will generate a pressure increase, a high temperature and a thin film distributions on both outsides of the scratch, as well as a pressure drop, a low temperature and a thicker film distributions at the inside location of the scratch. Therefore, it will produce a local sharp maximum stress concentration and may possiblly lead to lubrication failure, which will accelerate the process of surface fatigue.

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Finite line contact stiffness under elastohydrodynamic lubrication considering linear and nonlinear force models

Tribology International ◽

10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106219 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 146 ◽

pp. 106219 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Natália Akemi Hoshikawa Tsuha ◽

Katia Lucchesi Cavalca

Keyword(s):

Contact Stiffness ◽

Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽

Line Contact ◽

Finite Line Contact ◽

Nonlinear Force ◽

Finite Line ◽

Linear And Nonlinear

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

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology ◽

10.1108/ilt-11-2019-0498 ◽

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.

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A full numerical solution to the coupled cam–roller and roller–pin contact in heavily loaded cam–roller follower mechanisms

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology ◽

10.1177/1350650117746899 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 232 (10) ◽

pp. 1273-1284 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Shivam S Alakhramsing ◽

Matthijn B de Rooij ◽

Dirk J Schipper ◽

Mark van Drogen

Keyword(s):

Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽

Friction Model ◽

Line Contact ◽

Transient Effects ◽

Power Losses ◽

Lubricated Contacts ◽

Finite Line Contact ◽

Finite Line ◽

Lubrication Characteristics ◽

Lubrication Conditions

In cam–roller follower units two lubricated contacts may be distinguished, namely the cam–roller contact and roller–pin contact. The former is a nonconformal contact while the latter is conformal contact. In an earlier work a detailed transient finite line contact elastohydrodynamic lubrication model for the cam–roller contact was developed. In this work a detailed transient elastohydrodynamic lubrication model for the roller–pin contact is developed and coupled to the earlier developed cam–roller contact elastohydrodynamic lubrication model via a roller friction model. For the transient analysis a heavily loaded cam–roller follower unit is analyzed. It is shown that likewise the cam–roller contact, the roller–pin contact also inhibits typical finite line contact elastohydrodynamic lubrication characteristics at high loads. The importance of including elastic deformation for analyzing lubrication conditions in the roller–pin contact is highlighted here, as it significantly enhances the film thickness and friction coefficient. Other main findings are that for heavily loaded cam–roller follower units, as studied in this work, transient effects and roller slippage are negligible, and the roller–pin contact is associated with the highest power losses. Finally, due to the nontypical elastohydrodynamic lubrication characteristics of both cam–roller and roller–pin contact numerical analysis becomes inevitable for the evaluation of the film thicknesses, power losses, and maximum pressures.

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