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The Effect of Synovial Fluid Constituents on Lubrication of Hip Joint Replacements
Nečas, David ; Hartl, Martin (advisor)
Dizertační práce se zabývá mechanismy mazání v náhradách kyčelního kloubu. Byla provedena systematická studie formování proteinového filmu při zahrnutí různých materiálů a provozních podmínek. Hlavní pozornost je přitom věnována roli jednotlivých proteinů obsažených v synoviální kapalině při současné přítomnosti dalších proteinů. Jelikož metody aplikované v předchozích studiích neumožňovaly separovat jednotlivé složky maziva, byla vyvinuta optická měřící metoda na principu fluorescenční mikroskopie. Z důvodu verifikace metody byly provedeny dvě nezávislé studie zaměřené na měření tloušťky mazacího filmu a dělení maziva na výstupu mazaného kontaktu. Z důvodu určitých limitací fluorescenční mikroskopie byla dále využita i metoda optické interferometrie, jejíž využití je ilustrováno ve studii zabývající se formováním mazacího filmu v náhradách kyčelního klubu při uvažování reálné konformity třecích povrchů. Závěrečná část práce představuje nový metodologický přístup založený na in situ pozorování kontaktní oblasti umožňující popsat roli jednotlivých proteinů ve vztahu k vývoji tloušťky mazacího filmu. Práce obsahuje originální výsledky, které přináší nové poznání v oblasti biotribologie náhrad kyčelního kloubu vedoucí k dalšímu vývoji implantátů při snaze zabránit jejich selhání v důsledku omezené životnosti.
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Effect of Surface Texturing on Friction and Film Thickness under Starved Lubrication Conditions
Ali, Fadi ; Kaneta, Motohiro (referee) ; Glovnea, Romeo (referee) ; Hartl, Martin (advisor)
Tato disertační práce se zabývá vlivem mělkých mikro-textur na tření a tloušťku filmu v mazaných nekonformních kontaktech za extrémních podmínek a za podmínek hladovění kontaktu. Měření byla realizována na tribometru v konfiguraci ball-on-disk. Kontakt byl pozorován pomocí vysokorychlostní kamery. Pro stanovení součinitele tření byl využit snímač krouticího momentu. V této studii byly popsány dva typy mikrotextur – mikrovtisky a příčné mikrodrážky. Výsledky naznačují, že za podmínek hladovění vedou mikrovtisky ke snížení tření a to díky nárůstu tloušťky mazacího filmu. Mechanismus doplňování mikrovtisků čerstvým mazivem je pravděpodobně způsoben kapilárními jevy ve vstupní oblasti. Třecí plochy s příčnými mikrodrážkami, jejichž délka byla menší než průměr Hertzova kontaktu, potom obecně vykazovaly lepší tribologické parametry ve srovnání s hladkými povrchy. Příčné mikrodrážky vedly k výraznému nárůstu tloušťky mazacího filmu za podmínek hladovění i za extrémních provozních podmínek (protisměrný pohyb). Numerické simulace přechodových jevů příčných mikrodrážek ukázaly dobrou shodu s experimentálními výsledky.
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EHD Lubrication Film Behaviour under Rapid Change of Velocity and Load
Zimmerman, Martin ; Dzimko, Marián (referee) ; Návrat, Tomáš (referee) ; Dobeš, Petr (referee) ; Hartl, Martin (advisor)
This dissertation is focused on experimental study of lubricant film behavior under transient conditions. For real machine parts such as gears, roller bearings and cam mechanism the operating conditions such as speed, load and radius of curvature of rubbing surfaces are vary during the working cycle. Change in operating conditions may pose an increased risk of the lubricating film breakdown. Direct contact of rubbing surfaces at the time of the lubricating film breakdown causes an increase in friction and wear. The high-speed CMOS camera was used to record the dynamic changes in lubricating film thickness during the experiment. The optical interferometry method has been used for reverse reconstruction of lubricating film thickness of the recorded interferograms. It was confirmed that the operating parameters have a major impact on the formation of lubricant film and its thickness and a certain combination of boundary conditions can cause lubricating film rupture. The obtained results showed, that modified topography of the rubbing surfaces can help to increase the lubrication film thickness especially in critical phases of working cycle.
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In-situ Study of Surface Topography Changes in Elastohydrodynamic Contact
Šperka, Petr ; Dzimko, Marián (referee) ; Návrat, Tomáš (referee) ; Dobeš, Petr (referee) ; Hartl, Martin (advisor)
This dissertation thesis deals with elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) of surfaces with real roughness. Systematic study of surface harmonic components behaviour, during their passage of the EHL contact, by other authors led to retrieval of a uniform principle according which individual harmonic components deform inside the contact. Although the amplitude attenuation model can provide rapid tool for more accurate surface assessment in design process it has not been validated on real surfaces till now. The thesis represents pioneering work on quantitative analysis of real surfaces EHD measurements. It contains original and new results with real and model roughness features that in many cases confirm theoretical expectations. Deeper understanding of surface roughness behaviour inside EHL contact, which is typical for machine parts like bearings, gears, cams etc., can help to improve design process of the components and ultimately enable machines and equipment to work with lower energy requirements and higher durability.
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Experimental Study of Lubrication Films Formation During Start-up and Reversal Motion of Rubing Surfaces
Svoboda, Petr ; Dzimko, Marián (referee) ; Čermák, Jan (referee) ; Dobeš, Petr (referee) ; Křupka, Ivan (advisor)
This dissertation is focused on the effects of both artificially produced and real roughness features on mixed lubrication film formation during start-up and reversal of non-conformal contacts operated under rolling/sliding conditions. The start-up operation of mixed lubricated contacts represents one of the transient conditions that bring the risk of the surface damage because of asperities interactions. Chromatic interferograms captured by CMOS high-speed camera during start up of the motion enabled to observe the detailed changes in lubrication film caused by surface features. The observation of the effects of surface dents artificially produced on the ball surface helped to understand better the behaviour of real surface topography. It was found that the presence of shallow surface features can help to separate mixed lubricated rubbing surfaces more efficiently than it could be suggested from the results obtained with smooth surfaces. It can be suggested from the obtain results that properly designed topography of the rubbing surfaces can help to reduce the asperities interactions under transient operational conditions.
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Analysis of lubricated compliant contact
Dočkal, Kryštof ; Dzimko, Marián (referee) ; Nečas, David (advisor)
This diploma thesis deals with the proposal of methodology for film thickness eva- luation within compliant contacts. With respect to characteristics of such contact pairs, like variable film thickness, high surface roughness, or poor conductivity and reflectivity, the usage of conventional experimental methods is particularly complicated. In present study, an optical method based on the principle of fluo- rescent microscopy was employed in present thesis. An evaluation algorithm in- volving background normalization and calibration of fluorescent intensity to film thickness was created in a form of experimental software. The proposed algori- thm was validated by using elastohydrodynamic contact formed between ceramic ball and glass disc. The measured film thickness was compared with theoretical prediction, while very good agreement of obtained data was observed. Further, a series of experiments with compliant samples was conducted, while the central film thickness was evaluated as a function of mean speed, applied lubricant, ap- plied load and slide-to-roll ratio. The last part of the thesis is focused on results analysis and discussion considering the previously published literature.
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Study of the effects of ellipticity parameter on lubrication film shape
Pavlík, František ; Dzimko, Marián (referee) ; Křupka, Ivan (advisor)
Diploma thesis deals with elastohydrodynamic lubrication of point contacts, which surfaces are influenced by topography and velocity vector of one rubbing surface is misaligned. Author summarizes knowledge of previously published research articles, which fundamentally enrich current state of knowledge. Diploma thesis contains experimental measurement results of the film thickness and the way of lubrication film formation in elliptical contact for different ellipticity parameters, kinds of rubbing surfaces and angles of the velocity vector. New findings have helped to better understand the behaviour of highly loaded lubricated contacts taking place in machine components and completed the current state of knowledge with results that can be used in next thorough study of this issue.
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Study of behaviour of EHD lubricated contact of machine parts within non-smooth surfaces
Zapletal, Lukáš ; Maňas, Pavel (referee) ; Vaverka, Michal (advisor)
Master’s thesis deals with development of software application to calculate contact pressure in eleastohydrodynamic lubricated contact in order to use previously obtained data of the lubricating film thickness. The introduction contains a short overview of methods used for the study of film thickness and contact pressure. Custom work includes a contact pressure solution derived from a film thickness, a description of the developed software and analysis of algorithms used for its compilation. The last part deals with the verification of algorithm, application of software for calculating the contact pressure on the rough surface and analysis of the results. The conclusion includes a summary and possible application of software in practice.
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Calculation of contact pressure from experimentally evaluated lubricant film thickness
Kozel, Lubomír ; Hartl, Martin (referee) ; Vaverka, Michal (advisor)
This diploma thesis is engaged in calculation of contact pressure from thickness of lubricating film using Finite Element Method (FEM). Within my diploma thesis were performed the calculations concerning to non-conformal surfaces with a view to elastohydrodynamic lubrication. The simulations were done for disk and ball contact, respectively with burnished finish and also with surface which contains small dent. Flow diagram was designed so that the creation of geometry, boundary conditions and results saving is controlled parametrically. With using parameters it is possible to repeat the calculation when the resolution, geometry, etc. will be changed.
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