...Binbin Su; Xianghe Zou; Zhaoxiang Wang; Lirong Huang Purpose Inspired by the high-friction performance of the soft toe pads of tree frogs, this study aims to investigate the effect of elastic deformation on the lubrication properties of squeezing films inside soft tribocontacts...

...Shuai Yang; Junxing Hou; Xiaodong An; Shuanghui Xi Purpose The floating ring generates elastic deformation as the film pressure for high-speed floating ring bearings (FRBs). The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of ring elastic deformation on the performance of a hydrodynamic...

... model of stern bearing is established. The generalized average Reynolds equation governing the turbulent flow of lubricant is analyzed by considering the interaction of bearing elastic deformation, asperity contact pressure and film pressure. The bearing behaviors including minimum film thickness...

...Binbin Su; Wei Huang; Xiaolei Wang Purpose This paper aims to experimentally investigate the elastic deformation behavior of surface texture in soft contacts under lubricated condition. Design/methodology/approach Dimples with two typical distribution patterns are fabricated on the contacting...

...Rahul Kumar; Mohammad Sikandar Azam; Subrata Kumar Ghosh; Hasim Khan Purpose The aim of this paper is to study the effect of deterministic roughness and small elastic deformation of surface on flow rates, load capacity and coefficient of friction in Rayleigh step bearing under thin film...

... misalignment caused by shaft deformation under load, considering the surface roughness, thermal effect and (thermal and elastic) deformation of bearing surface simultaneously. Design/methodology/approach The lubrication of bearing was analyzed by average flow model based generalized Reynolds equation...