Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication for Line and Point Contacts: Asymptotic and Numerical Approaches

Front Cover......Page 1
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 18
About the author......Page 24
Part I: Basic Properties of Solids and Fluids Involved in Lubricated Contacts......Page 26
1. Basic Properties and Rheology of Lubricating Oils......Page 28
2. Basic Properties of Elastic Solids......Page 48
Part II: Asymptotic Methods and Relationships Relevant to Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Theory......Page 54
3. Basics of Asymptotic Expansions and Methods......Page 58
4. Basics of the Theory of Elastohydrodynamically Lubricated (EHL) Contacts......Page 66
Part III: EHL Problems for Lightly Loaded Line and Point Contacts......Page 74
5. Lightly Loaded Lubrication Regimes for Line and Point Contacts......Page 78
Part IV: Isothermal EHL Problems for Heavily Loaded Line Contacts with Newtonian Lubricant......Page 100
6. Asymptotic Approaches to Heavily Loaded Lubricated Line Contacts......Page 104
Part V: Isothermal and Thermal EHL Problems for Line Contacts and Lubricants with Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Rheologies......Page 192
7. Thermal EHL Problems for Heavily Loaded Line Contacts with Newtonian Lubricant......Page 196
8. Numerical Solution of the Original Isothermal EHL Problem for Newtonian Lubricant Revisited. Regularization Approach and Stable Numerical Method......Page 212
9. Some Analytical Approximations and Numerical Solutions of EHL Problems for Non-Newtonian Fluids......Page 232
10. TEHL Problems for Lubricants with General Non-Newtonian Rheology in Line Contacts......Page 274
Part VI: Stress-Induced Lubricant Degradation in Line EHL Contacts......Page 302
11. Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication by Formulated Lubricants That Undergo Stress-Induced Degradation......Page 306
Part VII: Isothermal and Thermal EHL Problems for Point Contacts and Lubricants with Different Rheologies......Page 368
12. Isothermal EHL Problems for Heavily Loaded Point Contacts with Newtonian Lubricants......Page 372
13. Asymptotic Analysis of Isothermal Lubricated Heavily Loaded Point Contacts with Skewed Direction of Entrained Lubricant......Page 404
14. Asymptotic Analysis of a Lubricated Heavily Loaded Rolling and Spinning Ball in a Grooved Raceway......Page 424
15. Thermal EHL Problems for Heavily Loaded Point Contacts with Newtonian Lubricants......Page 446
16. Isothermal EHL Problems for Heavily Loaded Point Contacts. Non-Newtonian Lubricants......Page 468
17. Thermal EHL Problems for Heavily Loaded Point Contacts. Non-Newtonian Lubricants......Page 498
Part VIII: Some Other Topics in Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication......Page 522
18. Analysis of EHL Contacts for Soft Solids......Page 526
19. Non-Newtonian Lubricants and Scale Effects......Page 546
20. Lubrication of Line Contacts by Greases......Page 560
21. Non-Steady EHL Problems......Page 596
22. Lubricant Starvation and Mixed Friction Problems for Point Contacts......Page 644
23. Final Remarks......Page 694