Abstract: The real area of contact, average gap, and mean asperity contact pressure are important variables for understanding friction, wear, and lubrication in contacting systems. They are known as ...

Abstract: A new method for simulating dry contacts of three-dimensional rough surfaces has been developed. The present work is based upon Moving Grid Method (MGM) which greatly reduces the required ...

Abstract: Numerical analyses of finite journal bearings operating with large eccentricity ratios were conducted to better understand the mixed lubrication phenomena in conformal contacts. The average Reynolds ...

Abstract: A transient flash temperature model was developed based on a Fast Fourier Transform method. An analytical expression for the heat partition function was obtained. Together, these substantially ...

Abstract: Investigation of the mixed lubrication of journal-bearing conformal contacts is very important for failure prevention and design improvement. This paper studies the asperity contact in heavily ...

Abstract: Most machine elements, such as gears and bearings, are operated in the mixed lubrication region. To evaluate lubrication performance for these tribological components, a contact model in mixed ...