Abstract

An analytical model is developed to investigate a partially textured slider of infinite width with orientation parabolic grooves. The generating mechanism for hydrodynamic lubrication of the partial surface texturing in the sliding surface is similar to that of a step slider. By using the multigrid method, the hydrodynamic pressure generated by the partial surface texturing is obtained. The surface texturing parameters are numerically optimized to obtain maximum hydrodynamic effect in terms of the dimensionless average pressure for a given set of operating parameters. The results indicate that parameters such as groove orientation angle, depth, area density, and textured fraction have an obvious influence on the hydrodynamic pressure for partial surface texturing. However, the groove width has little or no effect on the dimensionless average pressure. The results of the study show that the hydrodynamic lubrication performance can be ameliorated by optimizing the surface texturing according to the operating parameters of the mechanical components.

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