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Lubrication by close-contact melting

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Bejan, A
Published in: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
December 1, 1992

This invited paper reviews the current research on close-contact melting heat transfer, and the relevance of this work to understanding and predicting melt lubrication. Contact melting and lubrication is a relatively complicated phenomenon, because it combines thin-film fluid mechanics with phase-change heat transfer and solid body mechanics. This research area emerged only recently, as a subfield at the interface between heat transfer and tribology. The paper covers the contact melting of crystalline substances with smooth or rough surfaces. The types of relative motion studied are sliding contact, the movement of a hot body through a melting medium, and the movement and melting of a solid inside a heated capsule. Applications range from the reduction of friction to the energy storage by change of phase, and the disposal of nuclear waste.

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American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

ISSN

0272-5673

Publication Date

December 1, 1992

Volume

227

Start / End Page

61 / 68

Related Subject Headings

  • Mechanical Engineering & Transports
 

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Bejan, A. (1992). Lubrication by close-contact melting. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD, 227, 61–68.
Bejan, A. “Lubrication by close-contact melting.” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD 227 (December 1, 1992): 61–68.
Bejan A. Lubrication by close-contact melting. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD. 1992 Dec 1;227:61–8.
Bejan, A. “Lubrication by close-contact melting.” American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD, vol. 227, Dec. 1992, pp. 61–68.
Bejan A. Lubrication by close-contact melting. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD. 1992 Dec 1;227:61–68.

Published In

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

ISSN

0272-5673

Publication Date

December 1, 1992

Volume

227

Start / End Page

61 / 68

Related Subject Headings

  • Mechanical Engineering & Transports