"The behaviour of surface texturing based on shallow micro-dents was observed within mixed lubricated non-conformal contacts and compared with results obtained under thin film elastohydrodynamic conditions. Thin film colorimetric interferometry was used to observe the changes in lubrication film thickness. It was found that lubricant emitted by micro-dents could effectively lift off the real roughness features that provided an increase in average but also the local minimum film thicknesses. On the contrary to smooth contact conditions no film thickness reduction is obvious either downstream or upstream the micro-dent. The possible beneficial effect of surface texturing on mixed lubricated contact was checked through the qualitative wear test. It confirmed that an array of shallow micro-dents reduced asperity interactions of rubbing surfaces. Moreover, the effect of micro-dents on rolling contact fatigue was also considered in this study. It has been shown that individual dents would have to be much dee" . "Tribology International" . "The behaviour of surface texturing based on shallow micro-dents was observed within mixed lubricated non-conformal contacts and compared with results obtained under thin film elastohydrodynamic conditions. Thin film colorimetric interferometry was used to observe the changes in lubrication film thickness. It was found that lubricant emitted by micro-dents could effectively lift off the real roughness features that provided an increase in average but also the local minimum film thicknesses. On the contrary to smooth contact conditions no film thickness reduction is obvious either downstream or upstream the micro-dent. The possible beneficial effect of surface texturing on mixed lubricated contact was checked through the qualitative wear test. It confirmed that an array of shallow micro-dents reduced asperity interactions of rubbing surfaces. Moreover, the effect of micro-dents on rolling contact fatigue was also considered in this study. It has been shown that individual dents would have to be much dee"@en . "K\u0159upka, Ivan" . . "11"^^ . "NL - Nizozemsko" . "RIV/00216305:26210/08:PU75456!RIV10-MSM-26210___" . . "0301-679X" . "Effect of surface texturing on mixed lubricated non-conformal contacts" . "26210" . "11" . . "[E5B62FB9294D]" . "Effect of surface texturing on mixed lubricated non-conformal contacts" . . . . . . "41" . "Vrbka, Martin" . . "3"^^ . . "mixed lubrication, film thickness, surface texturing"@en . "P(ME 905)" . . . . "Hartl, Martin" . . "Effect of surface texturing on mixed lubricated non-conformal contacts"@en . "3"^^ . "Effect of surface texturing on mixed lubricated non-conformal contacts"@en . . . "RIV/00216305:26210/08:PU75456" . "365275" . .