Dynamic characteristics of finite slider bearings lubricated with a non-Newtonian power-law fluid

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 254-259

  Lin, Jaw Ren ^a   Chou, Tsu Liang ^a   Ho, Ming Hsiung ^a  

^a NANYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bearings; Dynamics; Engine components; Lubricants

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; ISOTHERMS; LUBRICANTS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATIONS; RHEOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

ENGINE COMPONENTS; NON-NEWTONIAN POWER-LAW LUBRICANTS; SHEAR RATE INDEX; SMALL-AMPLITUDE OSCILLATIONS;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

EID: 33747135316     PISSN: 00368792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00368790610682653     Document Type: Article

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