An automatic system for real-time evaluation of EHD film thickness and shape based on the colorimetric interferometry©

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 303-309

  Hartl, Martin ^a   Křupka, Ivan ^a   Poliščuk, Radek ^a   Liška, Miroslav ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Contact mechanics; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Engineering analysis and computing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); INTERFEROMETRY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOLID LUBRICANTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COLORIMETRIC INTERFEROMETRY; EXTENSIVE INTERFEROGRAM PROCESSING SOFTWARE; FILM THICKNESS EVALUATION TECHNIQUE;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

COLORIMETRIC EVALUATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FILM THICKNESS; INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0032867751     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402009908982221     Document Type: Article

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