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Theoretical modeling of surface texturing in hydrodynamic lubrication is a necessary first step to obtain favorable effect of the texturing. This invited review presents a comprehensive summary of the modeling of several basic applications that was done mostly by the author’s group at Technion and published in the relevant literature.


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Modeling of surface texturing in hydrodynamic lubrication

Show Author's information Izhak ETSION*( )
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel

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Theoretical modeling of surface texturing in hydrodynamic lubrication is a necessary first step to obtain favorable effect of the texturing. This invited review presents a comprehensive summary of the modeling of several basic applications that was done mostly by the author’s group at Technion and published in the relevant literature.

Keywords: modeling, surface texturing, hydrodynamic lubrication

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Received: 02 March 2013
Revised: 25 May 2013
Accepted: 30 May 2013
Published: 20 July 2013
Issue date: September 2013

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