Acoustic measurement of lubricant-film thickness distribution in ball bearings

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 863-871

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; BALL BEARINGS; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; FILMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

LUBRICANT-FILM; MULTIPLE REFLECTION COEFFICIENT MEASUREMENTS; ROTARY SPEEDS; ULTRASONIC WAVELENGTH;

LUBRICANTS;

LUBRICATING AGENT;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; FILM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 31744448381     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2146109     Document Type: Article

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