Calibration of the ultrasonic lubricant-film thickness measurement technique

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1784-1791

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Drinkwater, Bruce W ^a   Dwyer Joyce, Rob S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lubricant film; Spring mode; Thickness measurement; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LUBRICANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THICK FILMS; ULTRASONICS;

CALIBRATION APPARATUS; LUBRICANT FILMS; RESONANT FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; SPRING MODE;

THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FILM LUBRICANT; FILM THICKNESS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE;

EID: 24144487717     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/9/010     Document Type: Article

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