Micro-textures in concentrated conformal-contact lubrication: Effects of texture bottom shape and surface relative motion

Tribology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-252

  Nanbu, Toshikazu ^a   Ren, Ning ^b   Yasuda, Yoshiteru ^a   Zhu, Dong ^c   Wang, Q Jane ^b  

^a Nissan Research Center   (Japan)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

EHL; Partial EHL, Roughness effects; Surface modification; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ROUGHNESS EFFECTS; TEXTURED SURFACES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEXTURES;

LUBRICATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEXTURES;

EID: 43249091820     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-008-9302-9     Document Type: Article

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