The impact of the cavitation model in the analysis of microtextured lubricated journal bearings

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 868-875

  Ausas, Roberto ^a,b   Ragot, Patrick ^c   Leiva, Jorge ^a,b   Jai, Mohammed ^d   Bayada, Guy ^d   Buscaglia, Gustavo C ^a,b,e  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO BALSEIRO   (Argentina)

^c RENAULT   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Elrod and Adams' model; Journal bearings; Lubrication; Microtextures; Reynold's model

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

MASS CONSERVATION; MICROTEXTURED BEARINGS; REYNOLDS' MODEL;

JOURNAL BEARINGS;

CAVITATION; FRICTION; JOURNAL BEARINGS; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 35348989291     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2768088     Document Type: Article

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