Gear windage: A review

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Eastwick, Carol N ^a   Johnson, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical models; Gearbox efficiency; Gears; Power loss; Review; Transmissions; Windage

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

EMPIRICAL MODELS; POWER LOSS; WINDAGE;

GEARS;

EID: 44649184987     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829983     Document Type: Review

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