The effect of nanoparticles on thin film elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 26, 2013, Pages

  Ghaednia, Hamed ^a   Babaei, Hasan ^a   Jackson, Robert L ^a   Bozack, Michael J ^b   Khodadadi, J M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION REDUCTION; FRICTION TEST; LUBRICANT MOLECULES; LUBRICATED SURFACES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PLUG FLOW;

FLUID DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; THIN FILMS; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

EID: 84891609161     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4858485     Document Type: Article

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