Computer model of mixed lubrication in point contacts

Tribology International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-73

  Hu, Yuan Zhong ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Wang, Wen Zhong ^a   Zhu, Dong ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POINT CONTACTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MIXED LUBRICATION;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 0034745286     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(00)00139-0     Document Type: Article

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