Increase of traction coefficient due to surface microtexture

Tribology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-118

  Nanbu, Toshikazu ^a   Yasuda, Yoshiteru ^a   Ushijima, Kenshi ^a   Watanabe, Jun ^a   Zhu, Dong ^b  

^a NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

^b EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuously variable transmissions; Micro EHL; Traction; Traction drives

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSIONS; MICRO-EHL; TRACTION DRIVES;

OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE ANALYSIS; TRACTION (FRICTION);

TEXTURES;

OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE ANALYSIS; TEXTURES; TRACTION (FRICTION);

EID: 38349048328     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-007-9287-9     Document Type: Article

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