Transient Thermo-Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Rough Surface in Soft Material

Abstract:

This paper presents the effects of transient rough surface thermo-elastohydrodynamic lubrication (TEHL) of rollers for soft material with non-Newtonian fluid base on power law model. The time independent modified Reynolds equation, energy equation and elasticity equation were solved numerically using finite different method, Newton-Raphson method and multigrid multilevel method to obtain the film pressure profiles, film thickness profiles and friction coefficient in the contact region. The simulation results show surface roughness has effect on film thickness but its effect on film temperature is insignificant. The minimum film thickness decreases while the coefficient increases when the amplitude of surface roughness increases. Meanwhile, increasing applied loads causes the friction coefficient to decrease.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 651)
• Pages: 505-510
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.651.505
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Khanittha Wongseedakaew
• Keywords: Multigrid Method, Rough Surface, Soft Material, Transient Thermo-Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

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