Investigation of the tribological properties of silicon containing zinc-aluminum based journal bearings

Tribology International

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 433-440

  Çuvalci, Hamdullah ^a   Baş, Hasan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Journal bearing; Lubricated wear; Sommerfeld number; Surface roughness; Zn Al Cu Si alloys

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; HARDNESS; LUBRICATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOSITY; ZINC ALLOYS;

FRICTION FACTORS; LUBRICATED WEAR; SOMMERFELD NUMBER; ZN-AL-CU-SI ALLOYS;

JOURNAL BEARINGS;

EID: 1842559336     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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