Developments in Numerical and Experimental Methods Applied to Tribology

IntroductionSession I Introductory Session The Role of Particle Analysis - A Review of Ferrography Numerical Methods and Computers Used in Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication DiscussionSession II Rheology Numerical Solutions for Power Law Fluids-Application to Slider Bearings Grease Lubricated Finite Length Bearings The Ball Bearing as Rheological Test Device DiscussionSession III Bearings Application of the Homogenization Method to Reynolds Roughness with Periodic Structure Implementation of an Algorithm Enabling the Determination of Film Rupture and Reformation Boundaries in a Liquid Film Bearing Calculations on the Cavitation Region and the Free Boundary in Journal Bearings Using the Finite Element Method DiscussionSession IV Film Thickness and Separation Determination of Oil Films on Lubricated Surfaces Measurement of the Mean Separation in a Rough EHO Contact Study of Contact Behavior between Polymer Pins and Flats Using the Finite Element Method DiscussionSession V Hydrodynamics Velocity Measurements in the Inlet Zone of a Hydrodynamic Contact Solution of the Inverse Problem in Hydrodynamic Lubrication The Average Flow Model: A Greens Function Approach DiscussionSession VI Numerical Methods I-Finite Elements A Finite Element Analysis of Journal Bearing Lubrication TACT: a Contact Analysis Program Improved Techniques for Finite Element Analysis of Sliding Surface Temperatures DiscussionSession VII Numerical Methods II-Thin Film Theory Finite Element Analysis of Transient Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication A Three Dimensional Numerical Method with Application to Tribological Problems The Computation of Unsteadily Loaded EHL Film Thickness and Other Lubrication Parameters of Cam-Tappet Pairs of I.C. Engines and Analysis of their Lubrication Performance DiscussionSession VIII Experimental Methods I-Materials Aspects Wear Control of Cylindrical Dry Oscillating Bearings An Assessment of Dynamic Embeddability Relating to Automotive Bearing Materials under Thin Oil Film Conditions An Analysis of the Required Strength of Journal Bearing Materials DiscussionSession IX Experimental Methods II-Thin Film Analyses In-Situ Measurements of Thickness Variation of Boundary Films by Tunneling Conductivity Correlation between Surface Topography and Wear Particle Size Characteristics An Improved Method for the Experimental Determination of Pressure Distributions in Hydrodynamic Bearings DiscussionSession X Bearing Dynamics I On-Line Estimation of Linearized Oil Film Coefficients Dynamic Analysis of Diesel Engine Main Bearings On Signal Processing Algorithms for Bearing Identification DiscussionSession XI Bearing Dynamics II Non-Linear Analysis of Fluid Film Bearing Stability On Prediction and Experimental Assessment of Engine-Bearing Performance Indirect Methods for Load Determination in Operating Bearings DiscussionSession XII Contact Phenomena An Experimental/Theoretical Study of Contact Phenomena in Mechanical Face Seals Calculation of Contact Pressure between Solids with Initial Separation Differential Expansion Problems in Journal Bearings DiscussionSession XIII Plasticity The Analysis of Plastic Deformation Processes Using Finite Element Calculations and Experiments on a Twist Compression Tester Prediction in Two Body Abrasion Processes Micropitting and Asperity Deformation DiscussionList of AuthorsList of Delegates