Inter-asperity cavitation and global cavitation in seals: An average flow analysis

Tribology International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-121

  Harp, Susan R ^a   Salant, Richard F ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Face seals; Flow factors; Lip seals; Mechanical seals; Seals; Shaft seals

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; SEALS; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

INTER-ASPERITY CAVITATION; MECHANICAL SEALS;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 0036467762     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(01)00103-7     Document Type: Article

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