Modeling of kinetics of stress-induced degradation of polymer additives in lubricants and viscosity loss

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Kudish, I I ^a   Airapetyan, R G ^a   Covitch, M J ^b  

^a KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUBRIZOL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Lubricants; Shear; Viscosity index improver

Indexed keywords

INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL KINETIC EQUATIONS; POLYMER DEGRADATION; VISCOSITY INDEX IMPROVER;

BENCHMARKING; DEGRADATION; LUBRICANTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

ADDITIVES; VISCOSITY;

POLYMER DEGRADATION;

DEGRADATION; LUBRICANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL LUBRICATION; POLYMER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0141787176     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000308982592     Document Type: Article

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