A mixed lubrication model incorporating measured surface topography. Part 1: Theory of flow factors

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-351

  Sahlin, F ^a   Larsson, R ^a   Almqvist, A ^a   Lugt, P M ^a   Marklund, P ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Mixed lubrication; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING FLOWS; CONTACT MECHANICS; CURRENT MODELS; ELASTOPLASTIC DISPLACEMENT; FLOW FACTORS; HOMOGENIZATION; LUBRICATION REGIMES; MIXED LUBRICATION; MODEL VALIDATION; PATTERNED SURFACE; THEORY OF FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE;

COMPUTATION THEORY; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; METAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LUBRICATION;

EID: 77951134519     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/13506501JET658     Document Type: Article

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