Abstract: Experimental results for striated roughness, obtained from an interferometric EHD test rig, are presented. The roughnesses are straight-edged grooves etched in a flat sapphire surface, yielding ...

Abstract: The formulation and solution for the shear stress and temperature in heavily loaded sliding elastohydrodynamic contacts is presented. The solutions are presented in dimensionless design charts. ...

Abstract: Shear stress independent behavior was observed for representative, synthetic, nonblended lubricants to about 4.8 × 106 N/m2 (700 psi) shear stress in high pressure viscometric measurements. ...

Abstract: A method of determining deformations of elastohydrodynamic point and line contacts under actual operating conditions is presented. An optical interference of two beams is applied. The method ...

Abstract: The viscosity-pressure-temperature behavior of a series of 14 siloxane polymers is reported. The series of fluids includes a range of degree of polymerization and of size and nature of side ...