Comparison between experiments and numerical solutions for isothermal elastohydrodynamic point contacts

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 2725-2732

  Jalali Vahid, D ^a   Rahnejat, H ^a   Gohar, R ^b   Jin, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FILMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LUBRICANTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

ELASTIC FILM; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC POINT CONTACTS; MULTI GRID SOLUTION;

POINT CONTACTS;

EID: 0032180389     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/31/20/004     Document Type: Review

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