Compară metode

	Mecanica fracturării Griffith	Lubrificație elastohidrodinamică
Domeniu	Fabricație	Fabricație
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anul apariției	1921	1977
Autorul original	Alan A. Griffith	Dowson, D., Higginson, G. R.
Tip	Theoretical model for brittle fracture and crack propagation	Mathematical model for lubricated contacts
Sursa seminală	Griffith, A. A. (1921). The phenomena of rupture and flow in solids. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 221, 163-198.	Dowson, D., & Higginson, G. R. (1977). Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication: The Fundamentals of Roller and Gear Lubrication. Pergamon Press. ISBN: 0-08-021710-4
Denumiri alternative	Brittle fracture theory, Energy release rate, Linear elastic fracture mechanics	EHL, Elastohydrodynamic film, Hydrodynamic lubrication
Înrudite	4	4
Rezumat	Griffith's theory of brittle fracture explains how small flaws or cracks in materials grow unstably, leading to sudden catastrophic failure. Formulated by Alan A. Griffith in 1921 through experiments on glass fibers, this theory balances the elastic energy released by crack growth against the surface energy required to create new material surfaces. It predicts that materials fail at stresses far below their theoretical strength due to the stress concentration around pre-existing flaws.	Elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) is the regime of fluid film lubrication in which elastic deformation of the surfaces plays a crucial role in maintaining a fluid layer between sliding or rolling surfaces. In applications like roller bearings and gears, the contact pressure is extremely high, causing the lubricant viscosity to increase dramatically and the surfaces to deform elastically. EHL theory, developed rigorously by Dowson and Higginson, predicts the film thickness, pressure distribution, and friction in these heavily loaded contacts.