INFLUENCE OF LUBRICATION ON ENDURANCE OF ROLLING CONTACTS.
Abstract
A comprehensive research program to determine the effect of lubrication on the fatigue life of roll ing contacts is in progress. In a rolling four ball configuration, radioactive tracer techniques have been used to determine the existence of elas tohydrodynamic lubricant films (by the absence of wear) at the contact between two 1/2 inch balls in rolling and spinning contact at various values of load, speed, and lubricant viscosity. Electri cal conductivity measurements across such a con tact indicate the existence of micro-contact oc currences as the hydrodynamic film becomes thin ner. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 22, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0417518