Starting and steady-state friction torque of grease-lubricated rolling element bearings at low temperatures—part i: A parameter study

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 517-526

  Wikstrom V ^a   Hoglund E ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grease lubrication; Rolling element bearings

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; EXPERIMENTS; LOADS (FORCES); LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; LUBRICATING GREASES; LUBRICATING OILS; LUBRICATION; ROLLER BEARINGS; STARTING; TORQUE; VISCOSITY;

BASE OIL VISCOSITY; FRICTION TORQUE; GREASE LUBRICATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; ROLLING BEARING; ROLLING ELEMENT BEARINGS; TESTING EQUIPMENT;

LUBRICATING GREASES; TRIBOLOGY;

BEARINGS-ROLLING; FRICTION; LUBRICANTS-GREASES;

EID: 0030198760     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009608983562     Document Type: Article

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