Evaluation of durability for cryogenic high-speed ball bearings of LE-7 rocket turbopumps©

Lubrication Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-233

  Nosaka, Masataka ^a,b   Oike, Mamoru ^a,b   Kikuchi, Masataka ^b   Nagao, Ryuji ^c   Mayumi, Tohru ^d  

^a STLE ^*

^b KAKUDA RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NTN CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryogenic Lubricants; Polymeric Materials; Self Lubricating Bearings; Surface Films Coatings; Wear; XPS

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS-BALL; CRYOGENIC; PUMPS-TURBO; WEAR;

COATINGS; CRYOGENICS; DURABILITY; INSPECTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SELF LUBRICATING BEARINGS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYOGENIC HIGH SPEED BALL BEARINGS; LIQUID HYDROGEN; LIQUID OXYGEN; ROCKET TURBOPUMP; TRANSFER FILM;

BALL BEARINGS;

EID: 0030088233     PISSN: 00247154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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