The complexity of thermal elastohydrodynamic lubrication (TEHL) problems has led to a variety of specialised numerical\napproaches ranging from finite difference based direct and inverse iterative methods such as Multilevel Multi-Integration solvers,\nvia differential deflection methods, to finite element based full-system approaches. Hence, not only knowledge of the physical and\ntechnical relationships but also knowledge of the numerical procedures and solvers is necessary to perform TEHL simulations.\nConsidering the state of the art of multiphysics software, the authors note the absence of a commercial software package for solving\nTEHL problems embedded in larger multiphysics software. By providing guidelines on howto implement a TEHL simulation model\nin commercial multiphysics software, the authors want to stimulate the research in computational tribology, so that, hopefully,\nthe research focus can be shifted even more on physical modelling instead of numerical modelling. Validations, as well as result\nexamples of the suggested TEHL model by means of simulated coefficients of friction, coated surfaces, and nonsmooth surfaces,\nhighlight the flexibility and simplicity of the presented approach.
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