Friction of Textured Surfaces in Elastohydrodynamic Regime: Experimental and Numerical Investigations
This thesis focuses on finding new ways to control the friction coefficient in elastohydrodynamically lubricated (EHL) contacts through the use of surface textures. Experiments and numerical simulations are employed to first identify the governing phenomena responsible for friction in EHL and then t...
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Curtin University
2016
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| author | Touche, Thomas Gaston Léon |
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| description | This thesis focuses on finding new ways to control the friction coefficient in elastohydrodynamically lubricated (EHL) contacts through the use of surface textures. Experiments and numerical simulations are employed to first identify the governing phenomena responsible for friction in EHL and then to assess the effect of different surface textures (dimples, grooves and ripples) on the friction coefficient. The findings indicate that the coefficient can be controlled by carefully adjusting the texture geometry. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-485012018-07-02T13:53:58Z Friction of Textured Surfaces in Elastohydrodynamic Regime: Experimental and Numerical Investigations Touche, Thomas Gaston Léon This thesis focuses on finding new ways to control the friction coefficient in elastohydrodynamically lubricated (EHL) contacts through the use of surface textures. Experiments and numerical simulations are employed to first identify the governing phenomena responsible for friction in EHL and then to assess the effect of different surface textures (dimples, grooves and ripples) on the friction coefficient. The findings indicate that the coefficient can be controlled by carefully adjusting the texture geometry. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48501 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Touche, Thomas Gaston Léon Friction of Textured Surfaces in Elastohydrodynamic Regime: Experimental and Numerical Investigations |
| title | Friction of Textured Surfaces in Elastohydrodynamic Regime: Experimental and Numerical Investigations |
| title_full | Friction of Textured Surfaces in Elastohydrodynamic Regime: Experimental and Numerical Investigations |
| title_fullStr | Friction of Textured Surfaces in Elastohydrodynamic Regime: Experimental and Numerical Investigations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Friction of Textured Surfaces in Elastohydrodynamic Regime: Experimental and Numerical Investigations |
| title_short | Friction of Textured Surfaces in Elastohydrodynamic Regime: Experimental and Numerical Investigations |
| title_sort | friction of textured surfaces in elastohydrodynamic regime: experimental and numerical investigations |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48501 |