Effects of differential scheme and mesh density on EHL film thickness in point contacts

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 641-653

  Liu, Yuchuan ^a   Wang, Q Jane ^a   Wang, Wenzhong ^b   Hu, Yuanzhong ^b   Zhu, Dong ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Numerical methods; Thin film EHL behavior

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POINT CONTACTS; THIN FILMS;

DIFFERENTIAL SCHEME; FILM THICKNESS; MESH DENSITY;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POINT CONTACTS; THIN FILMS;

EID: 33748297640     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2194916     Document Type: Article

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