The effect of wetting and surface energy on the friction and slip in oil-lubricated contacts

Tribology Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-194

  Kalin, M ^a   Polajnar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Friction; Slip; Spreading; Surface energy; Wetting

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; DISPERSIVE INTERACTIONS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATIONS (EHL); LINEAR CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; SLIP; SOLID-LIQUID INTERACTION; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; SPREADING;

COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; FRICTION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; TRIBOLOGY; WETTING;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 84889676150     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-013-0194-y     Document Type: Article

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