Petr Svoboda

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of both artificially produced and real roughness features on mixed lubrication film formation during start up of non-conformal contacts operated under rolling/sliding conditions were investigated.

TL;DR: The effect of shot peening on rolling contact fatigue and film thickness within non-conformal rolling/sliding contacts operated under mixed lubrication conditions was observed in this article.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a multiple contacts optical test rig based on thin film colorimetric interferometry for film thickness measurement and compared the obtained results with theoretical prediction, finding that acceptable input conditions for the study of starved contacts can be achieved with such test rig configuration.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of surface micro-cavities in non-conformal contact on tribological quantities, such as lubricant film thickness, contact pressure and especially rolling contact fatigue (RCF), were considered.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of surface topography modifications on the thickness of a non-conformal lubricated contact were investigated using an optical test rig and an optical flow test rig.