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Efficient numerical method for computation of thermohydrodynamics of laminar lubricating films

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Elrod, Harold G.
Published
Aug 1, 1989.
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The purpose of this paper is to describe an accurate, yet economical, method for computing temperature effects in laminar lubricating films in two dimensions. The procedure presented here is a sequel to one presented in Leeds in 1986 that was carried out for the one-dimensional case. Because of the marked dependence of lubricant viscosity on temperature, the effect of viscosity variation both across and along a lubricating film can dwarf other deviations from ideal constant-property lubrication. In practice, a thermohydrodynamics program will involve simultaneous solution of the film lubrication problem, together with heat conduction in a solid, complex structure. The extent of computation required makes economy in numerical processing of utmost importance. In pursuit of such economy, we here use techniques similar to those for Gaussian quadrature. We show that, for many purposes, the use of just two properly positioned temperatures (Lobatto points) characterizes well the transverse temperature distribution.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 19900001940.
Accession ID: 90N11256.
AVSCOM-TR-89-C-015.
NASA-CR-185136.
NAS 1.26:185136.
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