Friction 2023, 11(8): 1455-1469 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0678-6

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A combined experimental and analytical method to determine the EHL friction force distribution between rollers and outer raceway in a cylindrical roller bearing

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Yu HOU^¹, Xi WANG^¹(

), Di YANG^¹, Zeliang XIAO^²

1 School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China

2 Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology for High-performance Mechanical Equipment, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China

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cylindrical roller bearing (CRB), elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL), friction force distribution, friction torque, combined method

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HOU Y, WANG X, YANG D, et al. A combined experimental and analytical method to determine the EHL friction force distribution between rollers and outer raceway in a cylindrical roller bearing. Friction, 2023, 11(8): 1455-1469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0678-6

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Friction force is a crucial factor causing power loss and fatigue spalling of rolling element bearings. A combined experimental and analytical method is proposed to quantitatively determine the elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) friction force distribution between rollers and outer raceway in a cylindrical roller bearing (CRB). An experimental system with the instrumented bearing and housing was developed for measuring radial load distribution and friction torque of bearings. A simplified model of friction force expressed by dimensionless speed, load, and material parameters was given. An inequality constrained optimization problem was established and solved by using an experimental data-driven learning algorithm for determining the uncertain parameters in the model. The effect of speed, load, and lubricant property on friction force and friction coefficient was discussed.

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A combined experimental and analytical method to determine the EHL friction force distribution between rollers and outer raceway in a cylindrical roller bearing

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Yu HOU^¹, Xi WANG^¹(

), Di YANG^¹, Zeliang XIAO^²

1 School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China

2 Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology for High-performance Mechanical Equipment, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China

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Keywords: cylindrical roller bearing (CRB), elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL), friction force distribution, friction torque, combined method

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Received: 12 March 2022

Revised: 17 June 2022

Accepted: 20 July 2022

Published: 17 January 2023

Issue date: August 2023

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This research is supported by the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U1834202).

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