This work continues the approach of one of our topics relating to a MOM-THP （metal on metal-total hip prostheses） with self-directed movement balls. Experiments revealed a certain seizure in some strain conditions. ...This work continues the approach of one of our topics relating to a MOM-THP （metal on metal-total hip prostheses） with self-directed movement balls. Experiments revealed a certain seizure in some strain conditions. Laboratory trials for balls/plane Hertzian contacts have been restarted in order to determine seizure behaviour depending on the roughness of the flat area. The trials have been carried out in BSF （body simulated fluid） lubrication conditions, much closer to the real operating conditions up against the initial tests with distilled water. Seizure burdens to different loadings and contact surfaces roughness influence over the seizure burden have been determined. Even though the minimum value of the wear must be the same with the minimum value of the surfaces roughness, given the experimental conditions, it came out from the trials results on wear that the lowest level of wear is acquired at a certain value of roughness, not at the lowest level of roughness.展开更多
A comprehensive method to predict wear in planar mechanical systems with clearance joints is presented and discussed in this paper.This method consists of a system dynamic analysis and a joint wear prediction.As the s...A comprehensive method to predict wear in planar mechanical systems with clearance joints is presented and discussed in this paper.This method consists of a system dynamic analysis and a joint wear prediction.As the size and shape of the clearance are dictated by wear and evolve with the dynamic response of the system,the contact between the journal and bearing could be conformal or non-conformal,which makes the contact conditions in clearance joints quite complicated.Therefore a modified contact force model is employed to evaluate the joint reaction force in this study.As the nonlinear stiffness coefficient is related to the physical and geometrical properties of contact bodies and varies with the deformation,this contact force model is applicable to different contact conditions between the journal and bearing.Furthermore,based on the Archard’s wear model,the amount of wear can be quantified in the joint.And the geometry is updated to reflect the evolving contact boundary.Then,the wear process and the contact force model are integrated into the motion equations of the system to perform coupled iterative analyses between system dynamic response and joint wear prediction.In addition,a slider-crank mechanism is simulated as an example to demonstrate efficiency of the proposed method and to carry out a parametric study on mechanical systems considering joint wear.The influence of clearance size and driving power are discussed and compared respectively.The index of concordance is introduced to quantify contributions of contact pressure and sliding distance to wear rate under different types of journal motion.This study could help to predict joint wear in mechanical systems with clearances and optimize mechanisms in design.展开更多
文摘This work continues the approach of one of our topics relating to a MOM-THP （metal on metal-total hip prostheses） with self-directed movement balls. Experiments revealed a certain seizure in some strain conditions. Laboratory trials for balls/plane Hertzian contacts have been restarted in order to determine seizure behaviour depending on the roughness of the flat area. The trials have been carried out in BSF （body simulated fluid） lubrication conditions, much closer to the real operating conditions up against the initial tests with distilled water. Seizure burdens to different loadings and contact surfaces roughness influence over the seizure burden have been determined. Even though the minimum value of the wear must be the same with the minimum value of the surfaces roughness, given the experimental conditions, it came out from the trials results on wear that the lowest level of wear is acquired at a certain value of roughness, not at the lowest level of roughness.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11272171)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(Grant No.20120002110070)
文摘A comprehensive method to predict wear in planar mechanical systems with clearance joints is presented and discussed in this paper.This method consists of a system dynamic analysis and a joint wear prediction.As the size and shape of the clearance are dictated by wear and evolve with the dynamic response of the system,the contact between the journal and bearing could be conformal or non-conformal,which makes the contact conditions in clearance joints quite complicated.Therefore a modified contact force model is employed to evaluate the joint reaction force in this study.As the nonlinear stiffness coefficient is related to the physical and geometrical properties of contact bodies and varies with the deformation,this contact force model is applicable to different contact conditions between the journal and bearing.Furthermore,based on the Archard’s wear model,the amount of wear can be quantified in the joint.And the geometry is updated to reflect the evolving contact boundary.Then,the wear process and the contact force model are integrated into the motion equations of the system to perform coupled iterative analyses between system dynamic response and joint wear prediction.In addition,a slider-crank mechanism is simulated as an example to demonstrate efficiency of the proposed method and to carry out a parametric study on mechanical systems considering joint wear.The influence of clearance size and driving power are discussed and compared respectively.The index of concordance is introduced to quantify contributions of contact pressure and sliding distance to wear rate under different types of journal motion.This study could help to predict joint wear in mechanical systems with clearances and optimize mechanisms in design.
