A mixed lubrication model of liquid/gas mechanical face seals

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 647-657

  Ruan, Bo ^a   Salant, Richard F ^b   Green, Itzhak ^b  

^a AW Chesterton Co   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face seals; Mechanical seals; Rotary seals

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

MECHANICAL FACE SEALS;

SEALS;

LUBRICATION; MODEL; SEAL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0031253504     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009708983705     Document Type: Article

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