TY - GEN
T1 - Relationship between temperature distribution in EHL film and dimple formation
AU - Yagi, Kazuyuki
AU - Kyogoku, Keiji
AU - Nakahara, Tsunamitsu
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This paper describes an experimental study on dimple formations under elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) conditions. The oil film thickness between a ball surface and a sapphire disk was measured using optical interferometry and the temperatures of both the surfaces and of the oil film averaged across it were measured by an improved infrared emission technique. It was found that temperature profile across the oil film varies abruptly along the direction of the oil film thickness and the Couette flow decreases due to the viscosity wedge action as the oil flow is close to the dimple zone. The maximum temperature rise in the dimple zone sometimes reached above 400 K and thus the phase transition of the oil from liquid to glass may not occur.
AB - This paper describes an experimental study on dimple formations under elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) conditions. The oil film thickness between a ball surface and a sapphire disk was measured using optical interferometry and the temperatures of both the surfaces and of the oil film averaged across it were measured by an improved infrared emission technique. It was found that temperature profile across the oil film varies abruptly along the direction of the oil film thickness and the Couette flow decreases due to the viscosity wedge action as the oil flow is close to the dimple zone. The maximum temperature rise in the dimple zone sometimes reached above 400 K and thus the phase transition of the oil from liquid to glass may not occur.
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U2 - 10.1115/trib2004-64073
DO - 10.1115/trib2004-64073
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:21244494895
SN - 0791841812
SN - 9780791841815
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC 2004
SP - 459
EP - 468
BT - Proceedings of the ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC 2004
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - 2004 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference
Y2 - 24 October 2004 through 27 October 2004
ER -