To numerically solve the elastohydrodynamic lubrication problem that entraining velocity vector has an oblique angle with the minor axis of Hertzian contact ellipse under heavy loading and thin film lubrication conditions
the progressive mesh densification(PMD)method is used
and a discrete differential scheme for Reynolds equation is set up. The fast Fourier transform is adopted to calculate the elastic deformation for point contact
and the PMD method is used to accelerate the iterative convergence. Moreover
a complete numerical solution and the film thickness distribution are obtained and compared with the experimental results from literatures to validate the model. The results show that
under heavy loading and thin film lubrication conditions
this numerical solution is in accordance with the experimental results
proving that the PMD method is effective and has fine convergent behavior for solving this kind of problem.
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