Analysis of a smart clutch with cooling flow using two-dimensional Bingham plastic analysis and computational fluid dynamics

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 219, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 639-652

  Ellam, D J ^a   Atkin, R J ^a   Bullough, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bingham plastic; Electro rheological (ER) fluid; Electro structured fluid; Magneto rheological (MR) fluid; Smart clutch; Smart fluid

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC FLOW; RHEOLOGY; STEADY FLOW;

BINGHAM PLASTIC; ELECTRO-RHEOLOGICAL (ER) FLUID; ELECTROSTRUCTURED FLUID; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL (MR) FLUID; SMART CLUTCH; SMART FLUID;

CLUTCHES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; FLUID FLOW; PLASTIC; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 29244435819     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095765005X31306     Document Type: Article

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