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Effects of out-of-contact lubricant channeling on friction and film thickness in starved elastohydrodynamic lubrication point contacts

ALI, F. KŘUPKA, I. HARTL, M.

Originální název

Effects of out-of-contact lubricant channeling on friction and film thickness in starved elastohydrodynamic lubrication point contacts

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

This study presents experimental results on the effect of out-of-contact lubricant channeling on the tribological performance of nonconformal contacts under starved lubrication. Channeling of lubricant was carried out by adding a slider with a limited slot for scraping the displaced lubricant on one of mating surfaces (ball). Thus, the scraped lubricant is forced to flow back into the depleted track through the limited slot resulting in robust replenishment. The measurements have been conducted using optical tribometer (ball-on-disc) equipped with a digital camera and torque sensor. The effect of lubricant channeling was compared to the original contact condition by means of measuring friction and film thickness. The results show that the out-of-contact lubricant channeling leads to a significant enhancement of film thickness and friction reduction under starved conditions. Indeed, the starved elastohydrodynamic lubrication contacts transformed to the fully flooded regime after introducing the flow reconditioning. Moreover, the film thickness decay over time, which is common with starved elastohydrodynamic lubrication contacts, has not been observed in the case of lubricant channeling. However, the beneficial effect of lubricant channeling diminishes as the original contact condition tends to the fully flooded regime. The results of this study can be easily implemented in practical applications such as radial and thrust rolling-element bearings.

Klíčová slova

Out-of-contact lubricant channeling, friction, film thickness, elastohydrodynamic lubrication, starvation

Autoři

ALI, F.; KŘUPKA, I.; HARTL, M.

Rok RIV

2015

Vydáno

2. 6. 2015

Nakladatel

SAGE

Místo

England

ISSN

1350-6501

Periodikum

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

Ročník

229

Číslo

6

Stát

Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Strany od

1

Strany do

9

Strany počet

9

BibTex

@article{BUT114689,
  author="Fadi {Ali} and Ivan {Křupka} and Martin {Hartl}",
  title="Effects of out-of-contact lubricant channeling on friction and film thickness in starved elastohydrodynamic lubrication point contacts",
  journal="PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART J-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING TRIBOLOGY",
  year="2015",
  volume="229",
  number="6",
  pages="1--9",
  doi="10.1177/1350650115576943",
  issn="1350-6501"
}