Controllable high speed journal bearings, lubricated with electro-rheological fluids. An analytical and experimental approach

Tribology International

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 225-234

  Nikolakopoulos, P G ^a   Papadopoulos, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Controllable journal bearings; Electro rheological fluids; Journal bearings; Smart fluids; Smart machines

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; ROTORS; STATORS; STIFFNESS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SMART FLUIDS;

JOURNAL BEARINGS;

EID: 0032067914     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-679x(98)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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