Numerical evaluation of pressure from experimentally measured film thickness in EHL point contact

Lubrication Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-59

  Vaverka, Michal ^a   Vrbka, Martin ^a   Poliščuk, Radek ^a   Křupka, Ivan ^a   Hartl, Martin ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Colorimetric interferometry; Contact pressure; Convolution; EHL; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Film thickness; Inverse elasticity theory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FILM THICKNESS; INTERFEROMETRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

COLORIMETRIC INTERFEROMETRY; CONTACT PRESSURE; INVERSE ELASTICITY THEORY;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 38549098599     PISSN: 09540075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ls.52     Document Type: Article

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