Numerical simulation of surface roughness effects in laminar lubrication using the lattice-Boltzmann method

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 603-610

  Brenner, Gunther ^a   Al Zoubi, Ahmad ^a   Mukinovic, Merim ^a   Schwarze, Hubert ^a   Swoboda, Stefan ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow factors; Hydrodynamic lubrication; Lattice Boltzmann simulation; Reynolds equation; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TRIBOLOGY;

FLOW FACTORS; HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; LAMINAR LUBRICATION; LATICE-BOLTZMANN SIMULATION;

LUBRICATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLOW; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 34547528512     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2736452     Document Type: Article

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