Abstract
The paper describes an isothermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication analysis of rollers having circumferential sinusoidal roughness. Theoretical results are shown which demonstrate the influence of roughness amplitude on the distribution of hydrodynamic pressure and film thickness at constant load and constant roughness wavelength. At a large roughness amplitude the hydrodynamic pressure in the valleys between asperity contacts is insignificant and each asperity contact behaves as an ‘isolated’ elastohydrodynamic point contact. As the roughness is reduced, however, the valley pressures build up, the pressure becomes more uniformly distributed in the axial direction and the minimum film thickness increases.
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