Oil film thickness measurement in the middle main bearing of a six-cylinder supercharged 9 litre diesel engine using capacitive transducers

Wear

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 29-33

  Irani, Kenneth ^a   Pekkari, Mats ^b   Ångström, Hans Erik ^c  

^a Internal Combustion Engines ^*  (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capacitive; Hydrodynamic; Main bearing; Oil film thickness

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; DIESEL ENGINES; FILMS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TRANSDUCERS;

FILM THICKNESS;

LUBRICATING OILS;

BEARINGS; ENGINES-DIESEL; OIL FILMS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0031171453     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(96)07470-4     Document Type: Article

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