Analysis of isothermal elastohydrodynamic point contacts lubricated by Newtonian fluids using multigrid methods

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 211, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 493-508

  Ehret, P ^a   Dowson, D ^a   Taylor, C M ^a   Wang, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamic; Lubrication; Multilevel methods

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POINT CONTACTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ISOTHERMAL ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC POINT CONTACTS; MULTIGRID METHODS;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 0031365962     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406971521881     Document Type: Article

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