To study the lubrication property with consideration of the conjugating surface roughness in transmission process of inclined double-roller enveloping hourglass worm drive
a simplified model of elastohydrodynamic lubrication(EHL)and a line contact mathematical model are established with Newtonian fluid EHL model based on the meshing theory and EHL theory. Considering the influences of rough peaks and rough grooves on conjugating surface on the EHL of this worm drive
the oil film pressure and thickness curves are obtained by using Newton iteration and Newton-Raphson method at different roughness amplitudes
and the oil film pressure and thickness of one conjugating tooth-pair are analyzed at different meshing points from meshing in to meshing out. At last
the influences of roller radius
orifice coefficient and offset distance on the EHL characteristics of this worm drive are analyzed. The results show that the conjugating surface roughness has adverse effect on the lubrication property of this worm drive. At the moment when the third tooth begins to mesh in
it is the most dangerous area for the EHL of this worm drive. The roller radius and offset distance should not be too big
and the orifice coefficient should not be too small
for effectively improving the lubrication property of this worm drive.
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