Existence of a solution for a lubrication problem in elastic journal-bearing devices with thin bearing

✍ Scribed by G. Bayada; J. Durany; C. Vázquez

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 470 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0170-4214
• DOI: 10.1002/mma.1670180402

✦ Synopsis

Communicated by J. C. Nedelec

A particular elastohydrodynamic lubrication problem is modelled in this work. The presence of elasticity, lubrication and cavitation calls for a non-linear coupled system of variational equations. The existence of a solution is deduced by means of a constructive algorithm that decouples biharmonic equation of the elastic hinged plate and the lubrication-cavitation Elrod-Adams free boundary problem.