A Legendre collocation method for thermohydrodynamic journal-bearing problems with Elrod's cavitation algorithm

Tribology International

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 493-501

  Shyu, Shiuh Hwa ^a   Jeng, Yeau Ren ^b   Li, Fuli ^b  

^a WUFENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bulk flow model; Cavitation; Journal bearings; Legendre collocation; Thermohydrodynamics; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

BULK-FLOW MODELS; CAVITATION ALGORITHMS; LEGENDRE COLLOCATION; THERMOHYDRODYNAMICS;

JOURNAL BEARINGS;

EID: 39849104507     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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