Numerical analysis of elasto-hydrodynamically lubricated point contacts with three dimensional laser micro-texturing asperity

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-559

  Wang, Xiao ^a   Zhu, Jian Ying ^a   Li, Jian ^b   Chen, Wei ^b   Cai, Lan ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coefficient of friction; Film thickness; Laser texturing surface; Micro EHL; Micro surface texturing; Multi grid method; Point contact; Pressure distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249001254     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJNSNS.2007.8.4.553     Document Type: Article

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