A limiting solution for the dependence of film thickness on velocity in EHL contacts with very thin films

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-327

  Morales Espejel, G E ^a   Dumont, M L ^a   Lugt, P M ^a   Olver, A V ^b  

^a SKF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Film thickness; Velocity effect

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTRAPOLATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LUBRICANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; VELOCITY; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FILM THICKNESS; REGRESSION EQUATIONS; VELOCITY EFFECT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VELOCITY EFFECTS;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; THIN FILMS;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FILM THICKNESS;

EID: 25444497475     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05698190590970444     Document Type: Article

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