Abstract: Soft elastohydrodynamic lubrication (soft-EHL) is an important mechanism in biotribological systems. The soft-EHL has some distinct differences from the traditional hard-EHL, and a systematic analysis factoring in key ...

Abstract: The effects of the transversely isotropic coating layer on the elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) circular contact problems are analyzed and discussed under constant load condition. The equivalent elastic modulus for an ...

Abstract: A rigid sphere approaching a lubricated flat surface with a layer of elastic coating on the elastic substrate is explored under constant load conditions. The transient pressure profiles, film shapes, elastic deformation, ...

Abstract: By coupling the equations of the modified Reynolds equation with the anisotropic slip effect, the piezoviscosity and piezodensity relations, the elasticity deformation equation, and the load equilibrium equation are solved ...