Homogenization of the generalized Reynolds equation for ultra-thin gas films and its resolution by FEM

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 547-552

  Buscaglia, G C ^a   Jai, M ^b  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEXTURES;

HOMOGENIZATION; SLIDER BEARINGS; TEXTURE EFFECTS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID FILM; HOMOGENIZATION; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SLIDING BEARING; TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 3542992063     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1739410     Document Type: Article

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