Elasto hydrodynamic Lubricated initial line contact
Body 1
Body 2
Young's modulus E
GPa
GPa
Poisson's ratio
v
Radius (enter R=0! for plain surface)
10
-3
m
10
-3
m
Lubricant viscosity η
0
Pa·s
Viscosity pressure coefficient α
10
-9
1/GPa
Hydrodynamic velocity U=ω
1
R
1
+ω
2
R
2
m/s
Contact load F/L
N/mm
Effective Young's modulus E'
GPa
Effective contact radius R'
10
-3
m
Semi contact width b
10
-3
m
Mean contact pressure p
m
GPa
Maximum contact pressure p
max
GPa
Viscosity-pressure Number L
Load Number M
Film thickness Number H
Couette flow film thickness h
c
10
-6
m
www.tribology-abc.com