Hydrodynamic and Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Stress-induced lubricant degradation 3. Basic equations governing the fluid elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) of line and point contacts 3.1. Equations of fluid motion 3.2. Contact surface displacements in line and point lubricated contacts 4. Steady isothermal EHL problems for lightly loaded non-conformal line contacts 5. Steady isothermal EHL problems for heavily loaded regimes in pre-critical non-conformal line contacts 6. Steady isothermal EHL problems for heavily loaded regimes in over-critical non-conformal line contacts 7. Steady isothermal EHL problems for heavily loaded regimes in non-conformal point contacts 8. Steady thermal EHL problems for heavily loaded non-conformal line contacts 9. Steady isothermal EHL problems for heavily loaded non-conformal line contacts lubricated by fluids with non-Newtonian rheology 10. Choosing pre-and over-critical lubrication regimes, small parameterω , and pressure viscosity coefficient 11. Methods of numerical solution of asymptotically valid equations in the inlet and exit zones of isothermal and thermal line EHL contacts 12. Methods and results of numerical solutions of EHL problems for isothermal and thermal line contacts 13. Numerical validation of the asymptotic analysis for heavily loaded EHL contacts 14. Heavily Loaded Contacts Lubricated by a Degrading Lubricant 15. Steady and non-steady EHL problems for conformal lubricated contacts in journal bearings 16. Modeling of grease lubrication 17. Friction 17. Conclusions Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketch