Evaluation of hydrodynamic lubrication performance of textured surface from the perspective of skewness and kurtosis

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of texture on hydrodynamic lubrication performance of slide surface from the perspective of skewness and kurtosis.

Design/methodology/approach

Hydrodynamic lubrication theoretical model of textured surface was established based on two-dimensional Reynolds equation, and finite difference algorithm was used as the numerical approach in the paper. Skewness and kurtosis of surface were obtained by discrete calculation.

Findings

Numerical analysis results show that the influence law of texture types on skewness, kurtosis and hydrodynamic lubrication was the more negative skewness and higher kurtosis, the better hydrodynamic lubrication performance when texture cross section contour and geometric parameters were the same. Similarly, the same influence law of skewness, kurtosis and hydrodynamic lubrication performance by texture cross-section contour was observed. However, it was unable to evaluate the effect of texture angle on hydrodynamic lubrication performance of textured surface from the perspective of skewness and kurtosis.

Originality/value

This paper confirms the feasibility of evaluating influence of texture types and texture cross-section contour on hydrodynamic lubrication performance from the perspective of skewness and kurtosis and provides a way to optimize texture type and texture cross section.

Citation

He, X., Liao, W., Wang, G., Zhong, L. and Li, M. (2018), "Evaluation of hydrodynamic lubrication performance of textured surface from the perspective of skewness and kurtosis", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 70 No. 5, pp. 829-837. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILT-10-2016-0236