Hydrodynamic lubrication in line contacts improved by the boundary slippage (Q2510252)

The paper proposes three types of boundary slippage augmentations in hydrodynamic lubricated line contacts for improving the load carrying capacity and reducing the friction coefficient. One augmentation is at the slower moving contact surface, the second augmentation is at the faster moving contact surface, and the third is at both of the contact surfaces. They are, respectively, suitable for different operating conditions. The analysis is carried out for the load-carrying capacity and the friction coefficient of hydrodynamic lubricated line contacts augmented with these three types of boundary slippage. The obtained results are compared with those for conventional hydrodynamic lubricated line contacts (without artificial introduction of the boundary slippage) for the same operating conditions. It is shown that, under certain operating conditions, these three types of boundary slippage augmentations can significantly increase the load-carrying capacity but reduce the friction coefficient of the contact. The proposed boundary slippage augmentations can be used for reducing the energy loss and temperature rise as well as for improving the anti-scuffing ability of the contact.