A mixed EHL model with asymmetric integrated control volume discretization

Tribology International

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1163-1172

  Li, S ^a   Kahraman, A ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperity contacts; Gear lubrication; Mixed EHL

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY CONTACTS; CONTROL VOLUMES; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; GEAR LUBRICATION; MIXED EHL; MODEL PREDICTION; NON-NEWTONIAN; ROUGH SURFACES; UNIFIED APPROACH;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRATED CONTROL;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 67349212101     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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