Characteristics of liquid lubricant films at the nano-scale

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 872-878

  Luo, Jianbin ^a   Huang, Ping ^a   Wen, Shizhu ^a   Li, Lawrence K Y ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FILM GROWTH; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

LIQUID LUBRICANTS; NANOMETER SCALE; THIN FILM LUBRICATION (TFL);

LUBRICANTS;

FILM LUBRICANT; FILM THICKNESS;

EID: 0033201542     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2834149     Document Type: Article

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