Simple equation for elastohydrodynamic film thickness under acceleration

Tribology International

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-123

  Sugimura, J ^a   Okumura, T ^a   Yamamoto, Y ^a   Spikes, H A ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRATHIN FILMS; VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY VELOCITIES; CONTINUITY OF FLOW; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC FILM THICKNESS; NONSTEADY FILM THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; RIGID PIEZOVISCOUS REGIME;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032592651     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(99)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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