Cavitation Growth Phenomena in Pure-Sliding Grease EHD Contacts

Film Thickness of Grease in Rolling Contacts

O/)licrrl iirtciferoi~~ctiy is used to stz~lly the film thickness of pccrses, colrl of soap srcspeiuioiu and of their base oils in point or lii,e cwrloct. 111 mze cllse, sa?tiples were taken born a grease-lubriccrtc(l p111.i~~c-Occiring test c$/.er 5%and 25-million revolutions. The effcc/I'~~c ~i.scosity of (1 pease t~itder the very high shear rates of the order i f 1/2 X lo-" S-I e i z c o z ~...

An Investigation into Grease Behavior in Thermal EHL Circular Contacts

The behaviors of two lithium lubricating greases were investigated under EHL circular contact through measurements of traction coefficients on a self-made rig in which the contact was continuously fed with fresh grease. The average values of Erying shear stress and shear modulus of the two lithium greases were obtained from traction experimental data using this rig. Based on the Evans-Johnson m...

Elastohydrodynamic Grease Lubrication Theory and Numerical Solution in Line Contacts

In this paper, film thickness and pressure distribution of EHL in line contacts for four kinds of greases and one type of oil are calculated under a series of rolling velocities by wing an inverse solution method. The Herschel-Bulkley model is wed for the rheological characteristics of the grease. Based on the theoretical analysis and numerical calculation, the following influences on film thic...

Surface Roughness Effects in Pure Sliding EHL Line Contacts with Carreau-Type Shear-Thinning Lubricants

The influence of transverse surface roughness on EHL characteristics has been investigated numerically using an extensive set of full EHL line contact simulations for shear-thinning lubricants under pure sliding condition. The shear-thinning behavior of lubricant is modeled using Carreau viscosity equation along with Doolittle-Tait equation for lubricant compressibility. The surface roughness i...

Holographic Measurement of Cavitation in Sliding Bearings