Elastohydrodynamic analysis of the effect of shaft surface finish on rotary lip seal behavior

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-396

  Shen, Dawei ^a   Salant, Richard F ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Lip seals; Rotary seals; Surface finish; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

LIP SEALS; PUMPING RATE; ROTARY SEALS; SHAFT SURFACE; SURFACE FINISH; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

CAVITATION; ELASTICITY; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; SEALS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; TRIBOLOGY;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FILM LUBRICANT; LIP SEAL; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; ROTARY SEAL; SURFACE FINISH; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0141862191     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000308982642     Document Type: Article

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