零卷吸预跑合对一类反常弹流油膜的影响

在极低速纯滑动的光弹流实验中,采用高粘度聚丁烯润滑剂形成的弹流油膜会在入口区出现凹陷,该反常的入口凹陷与极限剪切应力/界面滑移有关。针对盘纯滑和球纯滑2种不同的运动条件进行了油膜形状的测量,分析了零卷吸预跑合对油膜形状的影响。结果表明,一般地,纯玻璃盘滑动和纯钢球滑动产生的此类反常的油膜形状并不相同;当对弹流接触副采用零卷吸预跑合处理(即钢球和玻璃盘在接触区以大小相同方向相反的速度运动)之后,纯玻璃盘滑动形成的油膜形状有较大变化,油膜厚度增加,入口的楔形斜度下降,此时纯玻璃盘滑动和纯钢球滑动产生的油膜形状差别减小,甚至相同。     

界面滑移条件下弹流油膜的试验观察

在极低速纯滑动条件下完成高粘度聚丁烯弹流油膜的光干涉测量试验,观察到明显的油膜入口凹陷现象.试验结果表明,入口凹陷的深度随载荷的增加而增加,随卷吸速度的增加存在一个极大值.试验中润滑剂的粘度越高,入口凹陷越容易出现.纯滑动条件下,油膜厚度对速度和载荷的依赖关系明显偏离了经典的弹流理论.试验中观察到的入口凹陷证明了已有入口凹陷弹流数值分析的正确性.     

Effect of Sliding Direction on EHL Film Shape Under High Sliding Conditions

It is well known that a sliding speed influences a lubricant film thickness of elastohydrodynamic rolling–sliding contacts significantly. The effect of sliding is described quite well for unidirectional rolling and sliding; however, there are a limited number of papers dealing with sliding in different directions. This study describes how the sliding direction influences elastohydrodynamic film shape under high sliding conditions. An optical ball-on-disc tribometer together with thin-film colorimetric interferometry method is used for a film thickness measurement. The results show that the sliding direction influences lubricant film shape and the effect is connected with dimple phenomena. The temperature–viscosity wedge effect is discussed as a possible mechanism. The results are important for a film thickness prediction under high sliding conditions and provide experimental evidence for an extension of elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) theory.     

On the thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication in opposite sliding circular contacts

Cases of elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) point contacts running under opposite sliding conditions have been studied with consideration of the thermal effect for various loads and entrainment velocities. A thermal EHL solver has been developed and proven to be able to deal even with extreme cases under an infinite slide–roll ratio. Results show that film profiles featuring a dimple can be formed in the contact zone when the slide–roll ratio exceeds a certain level. Moreover, the present study provides theoretical evidence for the lubricating film build up in the case where the two bounding surfaces run with equal but opposite velocities. An effective lubricating film under zero entrainment speeds was experimentally proven by Dyson and Wilson [1] (Proc Instn Mech Engrs, 1968–1969 183(3P) 81) in the 1960's, which, however, cannot be explained by the isothermal EHL theory.     

Non-classical Elastohydrodynamic Lubricating Film Shape Under Large Slide-roll Ratios

The authors showed in previous experiments with high viscosity polymeric lubricants that a non-classical elastohydrodynamic (EHL) film, which featured an inlet dimple, could be generated under pure sliding conditions. The phenomenon was tentatively attributed to boundary slippage. In this paper, much greater sliding is introduced in the experiments to gain further insight into film formation under boundary slippage. By putting all of the results on a load versus entrainment speed chart, it is found that the required conditions for the formation of the inlet dimple fall into an open triangular region in the chart. The existence of the inlet dimple can be maintained for a larger speed range with a higher load. The minimum speed required (the lower speed bound for the dimple existence) decreases only marginally with an increase in load but the speed of the disappearance of the dimple (the upper speed bound) increases with an increasing load. Interferograms show that with an increase in the slide-roll ratio, i.e., expanded boundary slippage, a bump occurs before the exit constriction, which indicates an obvious drop in film thickness, and the location of the minimum film thickness in the whole EHL contact moves from the outlet constriction to the center of the bump. The observed inlet dimple and bump have already been described in the previous numerical results that consider boundary slippage, and provide more justification for the boundary slippage postulation in the experimental films.     

Localized Boundary Effect on Elastohydrodynamic Lubricated Film Shape

The study aimed to determine the formation of an adsorption film at elastohydrodynamic lubricated (EHL) contacts and its effects on EHL film shape and friction. Experiments were conducted on an optical EHL test rig with surfaces of different surface energies. A new type of “abnormal” EHL film shape characterized with three dimples in the inlet of the contact was obtained in pure ball sliding experiments with long-chain polybutene. The adsorption layer was inferred to be the main cause for the “tri-dimple” phenomenon. The “tri-dimple” formation was examined. Under a fixed speed, a single inlet dimple gradually broke into three dimples with increasing number of ball rotation, and it happened with slight increase in friction force. Three zones, namely a central and two lateral zones, of the contact were classified and characterized with different levels of influence on the adsorption layer.     

弹流润滑入口凹陷现象的数值模拟

入口凹陷(inlet-dimple)是近年来弹性流体动力润滑(EHL)研究中出现的一类新油膜形状特征。使用Circular流变模型,利用数值分析,研究了滑滚比、载荷及卷吸速度等对凹陷的影响,并与部分已有实验结果进行了比较。初步结果显示,当滑动较大时,入口区油/固体界面处表观粘度剧烈下降,产生伪滑移,从而诱发了较大的压力梯度而形成入口凹陷。     

An Investigation of Lubricant Film Thickness in Sliding Compliant Contacts

An optical interferometric technique has been used to investigate fluid film thickness in sliding, isoviscous elastohydrodynamic contacts (I-EHL). Monochromatic two-beam interferometry has been employed to map lubricant film thickness across a range of applied loads and entrainment speeds. The contact was formed between an elastomer sphere and plain glass disc, illuminated under red light, λ= 630 nm. Experimental work has employed sunflower oil and glycerol/water solutions as the test lubricants, due to their similar refractive indices and varying viscosity. A black-and-white-image-intensified camera has been employed to capture interference images and a computer processing technique used to analyse these images, pixel by pixel, and create film thickness maps based on their gray-scale intensity representations. Comparison of film thickness results to theoretical models shows reasonable qualitative agreement. Experimental results show both a reduced horseshoe, which is limited to the rear of the contact, and wedge-shaped film thickness profile within the Hertzian contact region. This is unlike conventional hard EHL contacts where the horseshoe-shaped pressure constriction extends around the contact toward the inlet. Experimental results suggest that film thickness profiles take on a convergent wedge shape similar to that used in many hydrodynamic bearings. It is likely that this wedge is largely responsible for generating fluid pressure and therefore the load-carrying capacity of the contact.     

滑动条件下弹流润滑启动过程的实验观察

使用光干涉动态油膜厚度测量系统对不同启动条件下聚丁烯润滑油弹流油膜的形成过程进行了实验观测。结果表明,在纯滑动条件下,由于界面滑移弹流油膜存在反常的入口凹陷;卷吸速度相等时,较大的启动加速度产生较大的界面滑移,诱发较大的入口凹陷;不同的启动加速度,入口区的油膜形状和最小油膜厚度的变化也不相同。     

Interferometry Measurement of Spin Effect on Sliding EHL

This paper describes interferometry measurement of the film profiles of sliding elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) contacts with spin. In the custom-made EHL test rig, spin motion is introduced through adjusting the center offset of the ball-on-disc contact with respect to the disc rotation axis. A parameter, spin ratio S _sp, is employed to represent the spin level, which is defined as the ratio of the Hertzian contact radius to the center offset. Experimental results show that with spin the film shape is obviously skewed, and the film thicknesses at the two side lobes are no longer the same; therefore, the symmetry of the classical horseshoe film shape is lost. The film thickness dependences on entrainment speeds are significantly influenced by the spin ratio S _sp, and high spin ratios induce high speed indices. At a fixed spin ratio S _sp, with increasing sliding speeds the film thickness difference between the two side lobes becomes large, and the horseshoe film shape is more distorted. When applied loads are raised, more spin is introduced, film thickness decreases, and film shape is obviously twisted.