Publication Date
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Sheng Li (Advisor), Ahsan Mian (Committee Member), Nikolai Priezjev (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)
Abstract
This study investigates the effects of the micro-dimple texture on the friction and surface temperature performances of a ball-on-disk contact, operating under the speed and load ranges that cover typical gearing applications. Circular shaped micro-dimple arrays with different dimple center distances and dimple depths are implemented on the ball surface to quantify the impacts of these two parameters on the friction coefficient and the maximum ball surface temperature. In addition, the contacts of three surface texture combinations, namely micro-dimpled and polished ball surface versus polished disk surface, polished ball surface versus polished disk surface and ground ball surface versus ground disk surface, are compared to demonstrate any beneficial or detrimental effect of micro-dimples in heavily loaded high speed applications. This study adopts a thermal mixed EHL point contact model, whose capability and accuracy have been well demonstrated by comparing to the experimental measurements, to quantify the deterministic tribological behavior within the contact, allowing the exploration of the underlying mechanism that governs the role of micro-dimples in the elastohydrodynamic lubrication.
Page Count
64
Department or Program
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Year Degree Awarded
2016
Copyright
Copyright 2016, some rights reserved. My ETD may be copied and distributed only for non-commercial purposes and may not be modified. All use must give me credit as the original author.
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