A mass-conserving complementarity formulation to study lubricant films in the presence of cavitation

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Giacopini, Matteo ^a   Fowell, Mark T ^b   Dini, Daniele ^b   Strozzi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cavitation; complementarity; finite element method; hydrodynamic lubrication; squeeze; textured bearings

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITY; FINITE ELEMENT; HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; SQUEEZE; TEXTURED BEARINGS;

CAVITATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID FILMS; LUBRICATION; REYNOLDS EQUATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79953254268     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002215     Document Type: Article

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