A Theoretical and Numerical Study of an Additional Viscosity Term in a Modified Elasto-Plastic Friction Model for Wet Friction Clutch Simulations

This paper deals with a theoretical and numerical study of various viscosity terms in the modified elasto-plastic friction model and their influence on the resulting friction force-torque, transmitted through the contact of the friction clutch. Various simple viscous definitions for fluids considering shear rate dependent viscosity were investigated. The Carreau fluid model was chosen as a basis for the research, since it can describe Newtonian,...