A central film thickness formula for elastohydrodynamic lubrication of cylinders with soft incompressible coatings and a non-Newtonian piecewise power-law lubricant in steady rolling motion

Wear

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 20-27

  Hlavacek M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Central film thickness; Incompressible coating; Lubrication of coated cylinders; Power law lubricant; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COATINGS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LUBRICANTS; PRESSURE; VISCOSITY;

ANKLE JOINT; CENTRAL FILM THICKNESS FORMULA; CONTACT HALF WIDTH; MAXIMUM DRY PRESSURE GRADIENT; MAXIMUM FLUID PRESSURE GRADIENT; POWER LAW LUBRICANT; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SOFT INCOMPRESSIBLE COATINGS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CYLINDERS; LUBRICATION-ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC;

EID: 0031127001     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(96)07320-6     Document Type: Article

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