Near-contact laser surface textured dry gas seals

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 788-794

  McNickle, A D ^a   Etsion, I ^b  

^a Stein Seal Company   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gas seals; Gas turbine engines; Seals; Surface texturing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GAS TURBINES; LOADS (FORCES); TEXTURES; TORQUE;

FACE LOADING; GAS SEALS;

SEALS;

GAS TURBINE; LASER; SEAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEXTURE;

EID: 10944233181     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1792695     Document Type: Article

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