Static characteristics of journal bearings using liquid cyrstals as a lubricating fluid

Japanese Journal of Tribology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-130

  Korenaga, Atsushi ^a   Sasaki, Shinya ^a   Ando, Yasuhisa ^a   Ono, Kyosuke ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLUIDS; FRICTION; JOURNAL BEARINGS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LUBRICANTS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 32644476670     PISSN: 10457828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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