Bilkent University
Mechanical Engineering Department
TÜBÝTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) - 1001 Program (114M406)
Start Date: October 15th, 2014
Completion Date: April 15th, 2017
The purpose of this project is to conduct fundamental theoretical and numerical research on the multiscale computational mechanics of lubrication interfaces, to develop approaches which can rapidly reflect the effect of micro-roughness on the macroscopic lubrication response and utilize these approaches for the optimization of the macro-lubrication response. The studies to be carried out within this project will not only make use of rapidly increasing computational power but also benefit from recent advances in micro-tribology. The new approaches to be developed will form a basis for the design and manufacturing of novel lubrication interfaces, and also offer applications to the tribology of biological surfaces via soft elastohydrodynamic lubrication studies.
The work that has been reported in the publication(s) listed below was (partially) funded by this project.