Acoustic emission of rolling bearings lubricated with contaminated grease

Tribology International

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 777-787

  Miettinen, Juha ^a   Andersson, Peter ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; HARDNESS; IMPURITIES; LUBRICATING GREASES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TIME SIGNAL ANALYSIS METHOD;

ROLLER BEARINGS;

EID: 0034310745     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(00)00124-9     Document Type: Article

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