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Cheng, H. S.

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Isothermal elastohydrodynamic theory for the full range of pressure-viscosity coefficient.

The isothermal, elastohydrodynamic (EHD) solutions in the inlet region of line contacts are extended to cover the full range of pressure-viscosity parameter, G, and the region of extremely heavy loads. The effect of a composite exponential model for the pressure-viscosity dependence on the film thickness is also studied. Results of the film thickness are compared with those based on work by Grubin, Dowson-Higginson, Bell and Kannel, and Herrebrugh. Comparison is also made between the theoretical results with the recently obtained X-ray film thickness measurements.

Cheng, H. S.↗

The pressure and deformation profile between two colliding lubricated cylinders

The pressure and deformation profiles between two colliding lubricated cylinders are obtained by solving the coupled, time-dependent elastohydrodynamic equations with an iterative procedure. The analysis includes effects which were not considered in a previous solution, namely, the effect of the lubricant compressibility and the effect of a lubricant with composite pressure-viscosity coefficients. It is found that the local approach velocity plays an important role during final stages of normal approach. It causes the lubricant to be entrapped within the contact region; neither the pressure nor the deformation profile converges to the Hertzian profile for a dry contact. The use of a smaller pressure-viscosity coefficient at high pressures reduces the sharp pressure gradient at the center of the contact and produces a much milder variation of load with respect to the film thickness. The effect of compressibility of the lubricant is found to be relatively small.

Lee, K.↗