... This investigation extends the application of the discrete element method to include the effects of cage flexibility in a bearing dynamics model. The flexible cage model accounts for the deflection of the cage by representing the bridge material with assemblies of discrete elements. This discretized model...

... rheology sliding friction contact discrete element method tribology temperature The understanding of the thermal processes during friction is a key element in conception for the dimensioning of the contacting elements and the choice of a suitable pair of materials. Since the 1930s...

..., and subsurface stresses in an elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) contact when inclusions are present in the elastic half-space. The approach is based on using the discrete element method to determine the surface elastic deformation in the EHL film thickness equation. The model is validated through comparison...

.... 18 01 2006 05 12 2006 mechanical contact fatigue cracks springs (mechanical) inclusions elasticity machine bearings discrete element method contact stresses inclusions Hertzian contact Subsurface initiated rolling contact fatigue, which is one of the modes...

... mechanics assumptions, they are difficult to use when the interfacial medium is a discontinuous, heterogeneous and anisotropic medium such as the third body. On the other hand, the Discrete Element Method (DEM), developed by Cundall for geotechnical applications 19 , has been shown to give very...