Thermal Effects in Power-Law Fluid Film Lubrication of Rolling/Sliding Line Contact
Gadamsetty Revathi1, Venkata Subrahmanyam Sajja2, Dhaneshwar Prasad3

1NaGadamsetty Revathi, Research Scholar, Department of Mathematics, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram-522502, Guntur, India.
2Dr. Venkata Subrahmanyam Sajja, Department of Mathematics, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India.
3Dr. Dhaneshwar Prasad, Department of Mathematics, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram-522502, Guntur, India.

Manuscript received on 30June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 05 July 2019 | Manuscript published on 30 July 2019 | PP: 4395-4403 | Volume-8 Issue-9, July 2019 | Retrieval Number: H7195068819/19©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.H7195.078919
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Abstract: Hydrodynamic lubrication of heavily loaded rigid system of non-symmetric roller bearings is studied to investigate the thermal effects in the operating behavior of line contact under isothermal and adiabatic boundaries. The incompressible power law lubricant is here considered and its consistency is taken to change with hydrodynamic pressure and the corresponding mean lubricant temperature. The flow controlling equations such as momentum, continuity and thermal energy are solved numerically using R-K Fehlberg method. The results obtained particularly, pressure, mean temperature, load and traction profiles are in good agreement with the previous findings.
Keywords: Hydrodynamic lubrication, Thermal effects, Roller
bearings, Non-Newtonian, Power-law, Incompressible.

Scope of the Article: Thermal Engineering