Abstract
ABSTRACTIt is well known that a sliding speed influences a lubricant film thickness of elastohydrodynamic rolling–sliding contacts significantly. The effect of sliding is described quite well for unidirectional rolling and sliding; however, there are a limited number of papers dealing with sliding in different directions. This study describes how the sliding direction influences elastohydrodynamic film shape under high sliding conditions. An optical ball-on-disc tribometer together with thin-film colorimetric interferometry method is used for a film thickness measurement. The results show that the sliding direction influences lubricant film shape and the effect is connected with dimple phenomena. The temperature–viscosity wedge effect is discussed as a possible mechanism. The results are important for a film thickness prediction under high sliding conditions and provide experimental evidence for an extension of elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) theory.
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