Oil exchange between ball bearings and porous polyimide ball bearing retainers

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 294-302

  Bertrand, P A ^a   Carre D J ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ball bearings; Polymeric materials; Space vehicles; Synthetic lubricants

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; LUBRICATING OILS; MASS TRANSFER; POLYIMIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS;

BEARING RETAINERS;

BALL BEARINGS;

BEARINGS-BALL; LUBRICATION; OILS;

EID: 0031126542     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009708983658     Document Type: Article

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