Numerical model of a reciprocating hydraulic rod seal

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-97

  Salant, Richard F ^a   Maser, Nicholas ^a   Yang, Bo ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamics; Hydraulic seal; Reciprocating seal; Rod seal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

HYDRAULIC SEAL; RECIPROCATING SEAL; ROD SEAL;

SEALS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SEALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 34248343856     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2401222     Document Type: Article

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