The measurement of lubricant-film thickness using ultrasound

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 459, Issue 2032, 2003, Pages 957-976

  Dwyer Joyce, R S ^a   Drinkwater, B W ^b   Donohoe, C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Film thickness measurement; Lubricant film measurement; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENGINEERING; FILM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LIQUID; MECHANICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTOMETRY; RIGIDITY; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1542512284     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2002.1018     Document Type: Article

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