The lubrication regime at pin-pulley interface in Chain CVTs

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 0110031-0110039

  Carbone, G ^a   Scaraggi, M ^a   Soria, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuously variable transmission; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Reynolds equation; Squeeze motion; Tribology

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PULLEYS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ASPERITY CONTACTS; CHAIN PINS; CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION; HERTZIAN PRESSURE; LUBRICATION REGIMES; NONSTATIONARY; OIL FILMS; PRESSURE PEAKS; REYNOLDS'S EQUATIONS; SQUEEZE MOTION;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 64149103488     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3013320     Document Type: Article

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