A full numerical solution to the mixed lubrication in point contacts

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Hu, Yuan Zhong ^a,c   Zhu, Dong ^b  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

^b EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBOLOGY;

REYNOLDS EQUATION;

POINT CONTACTS;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXED LUBRICATION; POINT CONTACT;

EID: 0033627402     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.555322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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