Understanding the influence of surface properties (roughness, grooves, discrete
textures/dimples) on the performance of hydrodynamically lubricated contacts has been the …

Surface texturing to control friction and wear has been the focus of numerous studies in the
last few decades. Despite this interest, understanding the underlying causes for surface …

Partial slip texture surfaces have proven to be effective to improve load capacity and reduce
coefficient of friction in slider and journal bearings. By controlling the partial slip surface …

A thermo-hydrodynamic model previously developed by the authors is applied in this paper
to study the influence of surface texturing on the performance of a tilting pad thrust bearing …

This paper reports an explorations carried out on the performance parameters (minimum film
thickness, friction coefficient, and bearing dynamic coefficients) of a sector-shaped pad …

In this work, the influence of operating conditions on the shape parameters of surface texture
is investigated by means of both numerical and experimental investigations. The analysed …

A numerical model based on the Reynolds equation to study textured tilting pad thrust
bearings considering mass-conserving cavitation and thermal effects is presented. A non …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use a combination of numerical simulation and
experiment to evaluate the performance of laser surface texturing (LST) in the field of gear …

Due to scarce resources coupled with increasing mobility requirements, resource-efficient
machine and motor elements are vital. Therefore, surfaces in lubricated tribological contacts …

Leveraging surface texturing to realize significant friction reduction at contact interfaces has
emerged as a preferred technique among tribology experts, boosting tribological energy …