Ultra starvation studied in the spiral orbit tribometer

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 723-729

  Pepper, Stephen V ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ball bearings; Boundary lubrication Chemistry; Boundary lubrication friction; Friction test methods; Starvation in EHL

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CONTACT RESISTANCE; FRICTION; INORGANIC COATINGS; LIQUID FILMS; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATION; MOLECULES; ORBITS; TRIBOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LUBRICATION CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LUBRICATION FRICTION; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTIONS; CONTACTING SURFACES; ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCES; FRICTION TEST METHODS; LUBRICANT MOLECULES; NANOLITERS; SLIDING; SPIRAL ORBIT TRIBOMETER; STARVATION IN EHL; TRIBOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TRIBOMETRY; VACUUM LUBRICANTS;

BALL BEARINGS;

EID: 54349109639     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000801888929     Document Type: Article

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