Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2017,8, 2324–2338, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.232
controlling the tribological behavior of friction pairs used in mechanical and biological engineering. In this study, by utilizing the method of three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation, the lubrication model of a friction pair with micro-dimplearray was established based on the Navier
simulation; hydrodynamic lubrication; micro-dimplearray; surface texture; tribological performance; Introduction
The wear caused by friction is considered to be the main reason for the failure of mechanical systems and the major source of energy loss [1]. Various methods have been developed to reduce
array, however, the commonly used two-dimensional CFD technique is not able to simulate the lubrication behavior accurately. Therefore, the three-dimensional CFD method was proposed. Han et al. [27] studied the tribological characteristics of the micro-dimplearray by using a three-dimensional CFD
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Figure 1:
Three-dimensional geometric model of fluid in a micro-dimple array and a single micro-dimple unit.