Boundary conditions for elastohydrodynamics of circular point contacts

Tribology Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-118

  Mohammadpour, M ^a   Johns Rahnejat, P M ^a   Rahnejat, H ^b   Gohar, R ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact pressure measurement; Elastohydrodynamics; Inlet and outlet boundary conditions; Lubricant flow; Micro transducer

Indexed keywords

COMPATIBILITY CONDITIONS; CONTACT CONDITIONS; CONTACT PRESSURES; LUBRICANT FLOW; MICRO-TRANSDUCER; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; OUTLET BOUNDARY CONDITION; POTENTIAL FLOW ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; POINT CONTACTS; TRANSDUCERS;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 84892904246     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-013-0249-0     Document Type: Article

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