Molecular behaviors in thin film lubrication—Part two: Direct observation of the molecular orientation near the solid surface
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DOI: 10.1007/s40544-019-0279-1
Abstract: Over the past twenty years, thin film lubrication (TFL) theory has been used to characterize the molecular behaviors in lubrication films thinner than 100 nm, effectively bridging the gap between elastohydrodynamic lubrication and boundary lubrication.… read more here.
Keywords: lubrication; film lubrication; surface; thin film ... See more keywords
Molecular behaviors in thin film lubrication—Part one: Film formation for different polarities of molecules
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DOI: 10.1007/s40544-019-0287-1
Abstract: There are three unsolved problems in thin film lubrication (TFL) since it was proposed 20 years ago, i.e., the determination of the type of molecules that can enter the contact region efficiently during sliding, the… read more here.
Keywords: lubrication; film lubrication; thin film; additive molecules ... See more keywords
Effect of surface roughness and deformation on Rayleigh step bearing under thin film lubrication
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DOI: 10.1108/ilt-04-2017-0098
Abstract: Purpose The aim of this paper is to study the effect of deterministic roughness and small elastic deformation of surface on flow rates, load capacity and coefficient of friction in Rayleigh step bearing under thin… read more here.
Keywords: film lubrication; step; deformation; film ... See more keywords
Fluid-film lubrication computing with many-core processors and graphics processing units
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DOI: 10.1177/1687814018804719
Abstract: The advancement of modern processors with many-core and large-cache may have little computational advantages if only serial computing is employed. In this study, several parallel computing approaches, using devices with multiple or many processor cores,… read more here.
Keywords: graphics processing; fluid film; processing units; film lubrication ... See more keywords