Loads carrying capacity map for the surface texture design of SiC thrust bearing sliding in water

By Xiaolei Wang, K. Katô, K. Adachi, K. Aizawa. 2003

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Numerical analysis of plain journal bearing under hydrodynamic lubrication by water (2014, background): “[1] Xiaolei Wang, Koji K, Koshi A, Kohj A.”
Geometric Shape Effects of Surface Texture on the Generation of Hydrodynamic Pressure Between Conformal Contacting Surfaces (2010, background): “Among these mechanisms, generating additional hydrodynamic pressure is usually considered as the most significant effect of surface texture under low-load and high-speed conditions, so that it has drawn much more focused attention [8–13].”
Effect of geometrical parameters in micro-grooved crosshatch pattern under lubricated sliding friction (2010, background): “There are many studies and reports that texturing technology improves load carrying capacity, and friction performance of tribological components significantly [1-6].”
Applying Micro-Texture to Cast Iron Surfaces to Reduce the Friction Coefficient Under Lubricated Conditions (2007, methodology): “the dimple pattern led the improvement of load-carrying capacity of lubricant film [17, 26].”
Preliminary investigation of the effect of dimple size on friction in line contacts (2009, background): “At this condition, the texture design concept is mainly according to fluid dynamics [5–10], and there is an optimal depth over diameter ratio similar to the case of step bearing.”