SBIR/STTR Research Award
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES FOR MODERN LUBRICATION PROBLEMS
Award amount
$49,690Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
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- Recipient company
- Ecodynamics Research Associate
- Proposal award date
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- Contract end date
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- UEI
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Research abstract
A FUNDAMENTAL APPROACH IS PROPOSED TO MODERN LUBRICATION PROBLEMS, INCLUDING THERMOHYDRODYNAMICS PROBLEMS, VIA COMPUTER SIMULATION OF THE FULL NONLINEAR, THREE-DIMENSIONAL, TIME-DEPENDENT NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS, I.E. VIA MODERN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD). THE APPROACH IS CAPABLE OF ADDRESSING SEVEN MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS IN MODERN LUBRICATION PROBLEMS: (1) THERMAL EFFECTS IN THE FLUID (THERMOHYDRODYNAMICS); (2) MIXED INLET FLOWS; (3) CAVITATION; (4) TWO PHASE FLOW; (5) TIME VARYING SYSTEM CONDITIONS; (6) TURBULENCE (IN ALL OR PARTS OF A FILM); AND (7) ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS.
Technology keywords
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