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Multilayer Modelling of Lubricated Contacts: A New Approach Based on a Potential Field Description

Scholle, Markus; Mellmann, Marcel; Gaskell, Philip H.; Westerkamp, Lena; Marner, Florian

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Authors

Markus Scholle

Marcel Mellmann

Lena Westerkamp

Florian Marner



Contributors

Georg-Peter Ostermeyer
Editor

Valentin L. Popov
Editor

Evgeny V. Shilko
Editor

Olga S. Vasiljeva
Editor

Abstract

A first integral approach, derived in an analogous fashion to Maxwell’s use of potential fields, is employed to investigate the flow characteristics, with a view to minimising friction, of shear-driven fluid motion between rigid surfaces in parallel alignment as a model for a lubricated joint, whether naturally occurring or engineered replacement. For a viscous bilayer arrangement comprised of immiscible liquids, it is shown how the flow and the shear stress along the separating interface is influenced by the mean thickness of the layers and the ratio of their respective viscosities. Considered in addition, is how the method can be extended for application to the more challenging problem of when one, or both, of the layers is a viscoelastic material.

Citation

Scholle, M., Mellmann, M., Gaskell, P. H., Westerkamp, L., & Marner, F. (2020). Multilayer Modelling of Lubricated Contacts: A New Approach Based on a Potential Field Description. In G. Ostermeyer, V. L. Popov, E. V. Shilko, & O. S. Vasiljeva (Eds.), Multiscale biomechanics and tribology of inorganic and organic system (359-375). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60124-9_16

Online Publication Date Nov 24, 2020
Publication Date 2020
Deposit Date Dec 8, 2020
Publicly Available Date Dec 8, 2020
Publisher Springer Verlag
Pages 359-375
Series Title Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering book series (STME)
Book Title Multiscale biomechanics and tribology of inorganic and organic system.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60124-9_16

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