A dual experimental/numerical approach for film thickness analysis in TEHL spinning skewing circular contacts

Tribology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-126

  Doki Thonon, T ^a   Fillot, N ^a   Morales Espejel, G E ^a,b   Querry, M ^a   Philippon, D ^a   Devaux, N ^a   Vergne, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b SKF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Film thickness; Point contact; Skew; Spin; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL FILM THICKNESS; CIRCULAR CONTACTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SKEW; SPIN;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; EXPERIMENTS; POINT CONTACTS; SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FILM THICKNESS;

EID: 84875221152     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-013-0122-1     Document Type: Article

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