Many studies in the literature (e.g., https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/8/7/76) confirm that even for TRBs negative skewness can be beneficial. The idea is to have a smooth surface and these pits as reservoirs for oil and to reduce contact pressure. The issue is that I couldn't find any stated...
I am designing a customized TRB (Tapered Roller Bearing) and I need to define the roughness of inner and outer rings raceways and the roughness of the rollers. I would like to do it with respect to Ra and Rsk. The latter (Rsk) is particularly important because when it has negative values, the...