Design principles for the area density of dimple patterns

作者：Wang, Xiaolei^*; Wang, Jingqiu; Zhang, Bo; Huang, Wei

来源：Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology , 2015, 229(4): 538-546.

DOI：10.1177/1350650114531939

• Surface texture
• area density
• friction
• stress concentration
• deformation

Increasing interest has been paid to surface texturing in order to improve tribological properties of sliding surfaces. Currently, the patterns of micro-dimples have attracted more attention since such closed texture cells are supposed to generate additional hydrodynamic pressure easily. It has been proven that the area density of the dimple pattern is a critical parameter for hydrodynamic pressure generation. However, the optimal values of area density obtained by theoretical models are usually different to that obtained from experiments, which show material dependence. In order to understand the design principles of the area density for mixed lubrication regime, a brief review on the studies related to the area density issue of dimple patterns is carried out; the phenomena during contacting and sliding are analyzed numerically in this paper. It is found that the stress concentration and deformation will occur on the contacting and sliding area, and influence the tribological properties of the textured surface significantly depending on the area density and material properties. These negative influences should be considered carefully during surface texture design.

• 出版日期2015-4
• 单位南京航空航天大学