Lubricating grease replenishment in an elastohydrodynamic point contact

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 501-506

  Åström, Henrik ^a   Östensen, Jan Ove ^a   Höglund, Erik ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT; LUBRICANTS-GREASE; LUBRICATION-ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC;

BALL BEARINGS; CAVITATION; FILMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUBRICATING GREASES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POINT CONTACTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THRUST BEARINGS; VIDEO RECORDING;

HAMROCK-DOWSON STARVATION CRITERION; LUBRICANT REPLENISHMENT;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 0027625892     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2921666     Document Type: Article

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