Abstract: The objective of this paper is to investigate the flow in a lubricant film on the surface roughness scale and to compare the numerical solutions obtained by two different solution approaches. ...

Abstract: The objective of the present research is to verify a THD model of hydrodynamic thrust bearings. The developed model of a pivoted pad bearing, which can tilt both radially and circumferentially, ...

Abstract: In elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL), one generally imposes force balance, i.e., the contact force resulting from the pressure in the contact is equal to the applied load. When studying the ...

Abstract: A hybrid evaluation scheme for EHL film thickness determination is proposed and discussed. The film thickness profile in the contact region is measured using interferograms produced with a novel ...