Abstract: In this study, the impact of a rigid ball on a substrate with lubricant in between is examined. A linear hardening model for the elastic/plastic substrate deformation is assumed. A power-law model is used to describe the ...

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: In the traditional elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) field, surface elastic deformation is usually determined using an elastic half-space model for isotropic materials. However, this theory may be inefficient when applied ...