Central film thickness formula for shear thinning lubricants in EHL point contacts under pure rolling

Tribology International

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-121

  Katyal, Puneet ^a   Kumar, Punit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

EHL; Film thickness formula; Point contact; Shear thinning

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL FILM THICKNESS; CONTACT SIMULATION; EHL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; OPERATING LOADS; PRESSURE-VISCOSITY; PURE ROLLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OLEFINS; POINT CONTACTS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 84857232009     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2011.11.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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