A quantitative solution for the full shear-thinning EHL point contact problem including traction

Tribology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-181

  Liu, Yuchuan ^a   Wang, Q Jane ^a   Bair, Scott ^b   Vergne, Philippe ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

EHL; Film thickness; Non Newtonian; Numerical simulation; Traction

Indexed keywords

EHL; FILM THICKNESS; NON-NEWTONIAN; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; TRACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE VOLUME; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; MAGNETIC FILMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; POINT CONTACTS; TRACTION (FRICTION); VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 43249115255     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-007-9262-5     Document Type: Article

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