Abstract
A line contact elastoplastohydrodynamic lubrication (EPHL) model has been developed to investigate the effect of a dent on heavily loaded rolling/sliding contacts. The Jinite element analysis (FEA) was used to obtain the plastic deformation of the surfaces caused by the high-pressure spikes that occur in the contact due to the presence of a dent. The effects of various dent sizes on the pressure and film thickness were studied. The results indicate that by including the plastic deformation of the surfaces in the analysis, the pressure spikes that occur due to a dent in the contact are smaller than those of the purely elastic case, and local material yielding occurs, resulting in bumps at the edges of the dent. Effects of diflerent bump shapes at the dent edges were then studied in elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) contacts and the results indicated that these bumps can reduce the magnitude of pressure spikes.
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