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Publications 2009-

Mechanical Power Transmission and Tribology / Department of Mechanics and Design

 

TUT Portfolio - TUT Bibliography

 

• Lehtovaara A., Rabb R., Pasanen A., Modelling and evaluation of the fretting fatigue cracking risk in smooth spherical contacts, Tribology International, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2010.10.016.
• Hintikka J., Lehtovaara A., Lönnqvist C., Effect of start-up schemes and amplitude of tangential motion on friction behavior in fretting point contact, accepted to Tribology International, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2010.10.015.
• Immonen J., Lehtovaara A., Lönnqvist C., Modelling of fretting fatigue cracking risk in shrink fit with wavy surfaces, Nordtrib 2010 - Proc. of 14th Nordic Symposium on Tribology, Storforsen, Sweden, June 8-11, 2010.
• Juoksukangas J., Lehtovaara A., Miettinen J., Tolvanen P., Järvelä P., Niemi A.-M., Development of a Test Rig for Reciprocating Seals in Heavy Load Conditions, Nordtrib 2010 - Proc. of 14th Nordic Symposium on Tribology, Storforsen, Sweden, June 8-11, 2010.
• Kleemola, J. and Lehtovaara A., Evaluation of lubrication conditions in gear contacts using contact resistance and bulk temperature measurements, Proc. IMechE, Part J: J. Engineering Tribology 2010, 224(4), 367-375
• Lehtovaara A, Lönnqvist C, Mäntylä A, A numerical model for the calculation of fretting fatigue crack initiation for a smooth line contact, Finnish Journal of Tribology 29 (2010) 7-16
• Kleemola J., Experimental Methods for the Evaluation of Lubrication Conditions in Gear Contacts, Dissertation, Mechanics and Design, Tampere University of Technology, Publication 894, Tampere, 2010, 78 p.
• Lehtovaara, A., Holmberg, K., NORDTRIB 2008 special issue editorial, Tribology International 42 (2009) 1405.
• Kleemola, J., Lehtovaara, A., Experimental simulation of gear contact along the line of action, Tribology International 42 (2009) 1453-1459.
• Pasanen, A., Lehtovaara, A., Rabb, R., and Riihimäki, P., On the fretting fatigue behavior of quenched and tempered steel in smooth point contact, Finnish J. of Tribology 28 (2009), 26-37.
• Pasanen, A., Järvisalo, S., Lehtovaara, A., Rabb, R., Development of a test device for the evaluation of fretting point contact, Lubrication Sci. 21 (2009) 41-52.
• Pasanen, A., Lehtovaara, A., Rabb, R., and Riihimäki, P., Friction behavior of quenched and tempered steel in partial and gross slip conditions in fretting point contact, Wear 267 (2009), 2200-2207.
• Hogmark, S., Kleemola, J., Guest editorial, Wear 267 (2009) 2141.
• Pasanen, A., Kleemola, J. and Lehtovaara, A., Development of a test device for the evaluation of hydrodynamic lubrication in thrust bearings, Finnish Journal of Tribology, 27 (2008) 12-20.
• Hedlund, Juha and Lehtovaara, Arto(2008)’ATesting method for the evaluation of parametric excitation of cylindrical gears’,Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation,23:4,285 - 299
• Kleemola, J. and Lehtovaara, A. An approach for determination of lubricant properties at elliptical elastohydrodynamic contacts using a twin-disc test device and a numerical traction model. Proc. IMechE, Part J: J. Engineering Tribology, 2008, 222(J7), 797-806. [DOI: 10.1243/13506501JET447].
• Hedlund, J. and Lehtovaara, A., A Parametrized Numerical Model for the Evaluation of Gear Mesh Stiffness Variation of a Helical Gear Pair, Proc. IMechE, Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science, 2008, 222(C7), 1321-1327.
• Hedlund, J. and Lehtovaara, A., A Parametrized Numerical Method for Generating Discrete Helical Gear Tooth Surface Allowing Non-Standard Geometry , Proc. IMechE, Part C: J. Mechanical Engineering Science, 2008, 222(C6), 1033-1038.
• Kleemola, J. and Lehtovaara, A., Evaluation of Gear Contact along the Line of Action Using a Twin-Disc Test Device, Proc. of the 13th Nordic Symposium on Tribology, Tampere, Finland, 2008.
• Pasanen, A., Lehtovaara, A., Rabb, R. and Riihimäki, P., Friction Behavior of Quenched and Tempered Steel in Partial and Gross Slip Conditions in Fretting Point Contact, Proc. of the 13th Nordic Symposium on Tribology, Tampere, Finland, 2008.
• Tolvanen, P., Niemi, A.-M., Järvelä, P., Juoksukangas, J., Lehtovaara, A. and Miettinen, J., Study of the Failure Modes of Slide Ring Seals – Case Study, Poster Presentation, 13th Nordic Symposium on Tribology, Tampere, Finland, 2008.
• Lehtovaara, A., Rabb, R., A Numerical Model for the Evaluation of Fretting Fatigue Crack Initiation in Rough Point Contact, Wear 264 (2008) 750-756.
• Lehtovaara, A., A Numerical Model for Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Journal Bearings with Axial Lubricant Supply Groove and Axially Variable Geometry, Finnish Journal of Tribology, 26 (2007) 3-14.
• Rabb, R., Hautala, P. and Lehtovaara, A, Fretting Fatigue in Medium Speed Diesel Engines, 5th Int. Symp. on Fretting Fatigue (ISFF5) April 24-26, 2007, Montreal, Canada.
• Rabb, R., Hautala, P. and Lehtovaara, A., Fretting Fatigue in Diesel Engineering, Paper No: 76, Proc. of 25th CIMAC Congress, May 21-24, 2007 Vienna.
• Hedlund, J. and Lehtovaara A., Modeling of Helical Gear Contact with Tooth Deflection, Tribology International 40 (2007) 613-619.
• Kleemola, J., Lehtovaara, A., Experimental Evaluation of Friction between Contacting Discs for the Simulation of Gear Contact, TriboTest 13 (2007) 13-20.
• Hedlund, J., A Numerical Model and Testing Method for the Evaluation of Parametric Excitation of Cylindrical Gears with Shafts and Bearings, Dissertation, Machine Design, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, 2006, 78 p.
• Lehtovaara, A., Rabb, R., A numerical Model for the Calculation of Fretting Fatigue Crack Initiation for a Smooth Spherical Contact, Finnish Journal of Tribology, 25 (2006) 23-30.
• Lehtovaara, A., Rabb, R., Fretting Fatigue Crack Initiation for a Smooth Spherical Contact – A Parameter Study, Finnish Journal of Tribology, 25 (2006) 31-40.
• Lehtovaara, A., A Numerical Model for the Calculation of Transient Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Journal Bearings, Finnish Journal of Tribology, 25 (2006) 14-22
• Kleemola, J., Lehtovaara, A., Experimental Evaluation of Friction between Contacting Discs for the Simulation of Gear Contact, Proc. of the 12th Nordic Symposium on Tribology, Helsingør, Denmark, 2006
• Lehtovaara, A., Rabb, R., A Numerical Model for the Evaluation of Fretting Fatigue Crack Initiation in Rough Point Contact, Proc. of the 12th Nordic Symposium on Tribology, Helsingør, Denmark, 2006
• Kleemola, J., Lehtovaara, A., Development of a High Pressure Twin Disc Test device for the Simulation of Gear Contact, Finnish Journal of Tribology, 25 (2006) 8-17.
• Ohlrich, M., Friis, L., Aatola, S., Lehtovaara, A., Martikainen, M., and Nuutila, O., Round Robin Test of Technique for Characterizing the Structureborne Sound-Source-Strength of Vibrating Machines, Proc. of EuroNoise, Tampere, Finland, 2006.
   

Previously published from this field:

 

• Lehtovaara, A., A numerical Model for the Calculation of Transient Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Thrust Bearings, Finnish Journal of Tribology, 24 (2005), 3-9.
• Hedlund, J. and Lehtovaara, Modeling of Helical Gear Contact with Tooth Deflection, Proc. of the 11th Nordic Symposium on Tribology, Tromso, Norway, 2004
• Lehtovaara, A., Numerical Model for the Calculation of Subsurface Stresses in Line Contact of Real Rough Surfaces, Finnish Journal of Tribology, 22(2003), 20-31.
• Hedlund, J. and Lehtovaara, A., Influence of Lubricant on Sliding Friction in Spur Gear Contacts, Proc. of the 10th Nordic Symposium on Tribology, Stockholm, 2002
• Kleemola, J. and Lehtovaara, A., Fault Diagnostics of Gear Drive by Vibration Measurements and Neural Network, Proc. of 16th International Maintenance Congress - Euromaintenance 2002, Helsinki – Finland, 2002.
• Järviö, O. and Lehtovaara, A., Experimental Study of Influence of Lubricants on Friction in Spur Gear Contacts, Finnish Journal of Tribology, 21(2002), 22-29.
• Lehtovaara, A., Calculation of Sliding Power Loss in Spur Gear Contacts, Tribotest Journal 9(2002) No. 1, ISSN 1354-4063
• Lehtovaara, A. and Riitahuhta, A., Evaluation of Power Loss in Spur Gear Systems, Proc. of the 10th World Congress on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, Oulu, Finland, 1999, 2367-2373.
• Lehtovaara, A., Development of the Numerical Solver for EHL Line Contact Problems, Finnish Journal of Tribology, 17 (1998), 3-14.