Abstract: The dimensionless parameters normally associated with a step-sector thrust bearing are the film thickness ratio, the dimensionless step location, the number of sectors, the radius ratio, and the ...

Abstract: The motion of the ball and sliding friction in an arched outer-race ball bearing under thrust load is determined. Fatigue life evaluations were made. The analysis is applied to a 150 millimeter ...

Abstract: A linearized PH solution to the Reynolds equation was obtained while neglecting side leakage. The analysis was divided into two parts—the step and ridge regions. The pressure profile across the ...

Abstract: The film thickness and pressure in elastohydrodynamically lubricated conjunctions have been evaluated numerically for a rather complete range of operating parameters (dimensionless load, speed, and ...

Abstract: A shortcut to the classical Hertzian solution for local stress and deformation of two elastic bodies in contact is presented. The shortcut is accomplished by using simplified forms for the ...

Abstract: Hydrodynamic effects are analyzed for a stepped piston moving within a tight clearance tube filled with an incompressible fluid. Together with the hydrostatic effects that were analyzed in an ...

Abstract: A numerical solution of the isothermal elastohydrodynamic problem for point contacts has been presented which reproduces all the essential features of the previously reported experimental observations ...

Abstract: The analysis of an isothermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) point contact was evaluated numerically. This required the simultaneous solution of the elasticity and Reynolds equations. In the ...

Abstract: Utilizing the theory developed by the authors in an earlier publication, the influence of the ellipticity parameter, the dimensionless speed, load, and material parameters on minimum film thickness ...