Rough Soft-EHL with Non-Newtonian Lubricant

Abstract:

This paper presents the effect of surface roughness on soft elastohydrodynamic lubrication in circular contact with non-Newtonian lubricant. The time independent modified Reynolds equation, elastic equation and lubricant viscosity equation were formulated for compressible fluid. Perturbation method, Newton-Raphson method, finite different method and full adaptive multigrid method were implemented to obtain the film pressure, film thickness profiles and friction coefficient in the contact region at various the amplitude of surface roughness, surface speed of sphere, modulus of elasticity and radius of sphere. The simulation results showed that the film thickness in contact region depended on the profile of surface roughness. The minimum film thickness decreased but maximum film pressure and friction coefficient increase when the amplitude of surface roughness and modulus of elasticity increased. For increasing surface speeds, the minimum film thickness and friction coefficient increase but maximum film pressure decreases. When radius of sphere increases, the minimum film thickness increases but maximum film pressure and friction coefficient decrease.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 736)
• Pages: 57-63
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.736.57
• Online since: March 2015
• Authors: Panichakorn Jesda*, Wongseedakeaw Khanittha
• Keywords: Carreau Viscosity Model, Multigrid Method, Perturbation Method, Rough Surface, Soft EHL

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