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@inproceedings{Van:2006,
author = {Van, Beek A and Van, Ostayen RAJ and Spikes, HA},
title = {Viscoelastic behavior of soft layered EHL curved slider bearings},
year = {2006}
}
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AB - The design of a water lubricated shaftless propeller bearing arrangement is presented. Because the bearing arrangement has to function in an aqueous environment, a polymer layer is applied at one of the bearing surfaces to obtain good start-stop conditions in the boundary lubrication regime and to obtain EHL at higher surface velocities. To properly design the bearing arrangement, consisting of multiple curved bearing pads sliding on the soft polymer layer, it is essential to be able to predict the effect of the viscoelastic material behavior on the formation of the thin lubricant film. The numerical model applied covers the hydrodynamic pressure distribution in a thin lubricant film and the elastic deformation of one of the slide surfaces. Both problems are coupled by the pressure distribution over the thin film. The pressure distribution depends on the film thickness profile and thus on deformation. The elastic deformation depends on the pressure. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 15th International Colloquium Tribology - Automotive and Industrial Lubrication (Ostfildern, Germany 1/17-19/2006).
AU - Van,Beek A
AU - Van,Ostayen RAJ
AU - Spikes,HA
PY - 2006///
TI - Viscoelastic behavior of soft layered EHL curved slider bearings
ER -