Lubricant transport towards tribocontact in capillary surface structures

• Hoofdauteur: Klima, Joachim (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: KIT Scientific Publishing 2018
• Reeks: Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Technische Mechanik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
• Onderwerpen: Technology: general issues; starvation; Mangelschmierung; microchannel; Kapillarkraft; Schmierung; capillary; tribocontact; Reibkontakt; lubrication; Mikrokanal
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To counter lubricant shortage at a frictional contact (starvation), lubrication liquids, e.g. oils, are actively transported from a distant location towards the undersupplied tribocontact. This is done via small channels or generally via structures cut into a flat surface. In this way one can use ca...