Effect of micro-surface texturing on breakaway torque and blister formation on carbon-graphite faces in a mechanical seal

Lubrication Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 16-21

  Pride, Steven ^a   Folkert, Karalyn ^a   Guichelaar, Philip ^a   Etsion, Izhak ^a  

^a FEMA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blisters; Carbon graphite; Face seals; Mineral oil; Polyalphaolefin oil; Surface texturing

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHITE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SEALS; SILICON CARBIDE; TEXTURING; TORQUE;

BLISTER FORMATION;

LUBRICANTS;

BLISTERING; CARBON; COMPOSITE; GRAPHITE; MECHANICAL SEAL; TEXTURE; TORQUE;

EID: 0036771980     PISSN: 00247154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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