This paper used an approximate numerical solution to simulate the thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication(EHL) for an aviation lubricating oil HKD-1 in a point contact under heavier load.The computed results for two different rheological models were compared and examined by the traction test.The results show that the non-Newtonian characteristic of the lubricant is more important for heavier load(p0>1 GPa) and has a significant effect on the temperature

shear stress and traction of the lubricant in EHL

but it has a small influence on the pressure distribution.The computation errors for the Newtonian model are very large.The values of temperature

shear stress and traction of the lubricant computed for the Evans-Johnson model are very close to the experimental values.As slide-to-roll ratio increases

the temperature rise in film is obvious but the pressure change is very small

only the second peak value of pressure distribution is reduced to some extent.