This study proposes a numerical investigation of the potential use of machinery working fluids as lubricants in contacts operating under an elastohydrodynamic regime. These fluids are usually of very low viscosity and ...

Perhaps the most thorough characterization of the elevated pressure properties of any commercial EHL lubricant is presented here for a gear oil. Compressibility, thermal conductivity, and low-shear viscosity were measured. ...

This paper presents an extension of the reduced order finite element model to the case of circular elastohydrodynamic lubricated (EHL) contacts under isothermal Newtonian considerations. The line contact model was developed ...

Habchi, W., Eyheramendy, D., Vergne, P., & Morales, G. (2008, September). Stabilized Finite Elements for Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Problems. In ECT2008 Sixth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology.

A coating material made of carbon reduces friction not just by providing a slippery surface, but also by keeping the points of contact warm. Marcus Björling at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden and his team coated ...