The plasto-elastohydrodynamic lubrication (PEHL) model of the greased ellipsoid contact is established and solved numerically. In doing so, the increment theory of the plastic surface is adopted to solve the residual deformation, and the fast Fourier transform (FFT) method is employed to accelerate the deformation and stress calculations. Meanwhile, the effeteness of the PEHL model is verified through the residual stress experiment and finite element method. It is found that the plastic behaviour results in a reduction in the maximum grease film pressure. Under heavy load conditions, the grease with large rheology index, large tangential modulus or high entrainment speed of the lubricant is helpful to reducing the maximum residual deformation and maximum residual stress of the greased ellipsoid contact.
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