Comparison between theoretical calculations and oil film thickness measurements using the total capacitance method for crankshaft bearings in a firing engine

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 345-356

  Paranjpe, Rohit S ^a   Tseregounis, Spyros I ^a   Viola, Michael B ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

10w 30; 5w 30; Capacitance; Connecting rod bearing; Crankshaft bearing; Ehd; Engine bearing; Engine oil; Firing engine; Grasshopper linkage; Journal bearing; Main bearing; Mboft; Oil film thickness; Tcm

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; CAPACITANCE; CAVITATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONNECTING RODS; CRANKSHAFTS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; JOURNAL BEARINGS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FIRING ENGINES; MINIMUM BEARING OIL FILM THICKNESS; OIL FILM THICKNESS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE FLARE; SOMMERFELD NUMBER; TOTAL CAPACITANCE METHOD;

LUBRICATING OILS;

BEARING; CONNECTING ROD; CRANKSHAFT; FILM THICKNESS; OIL FILM;

EID: 0034233746     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000008982350     Document Type: Article

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